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A Losing Iran Finds a Way to Strike Back
Tehran’s shootdowns of U.S. aircraft don’t change the balance of power—but they do demonstrate Iran’s ability to change tactics in a war it has been…
Eli Lake
An American Airman Confronts Fate in Iran
What I learned drinking with the men and women who fly the sort of missions our lost airman was on.
Aaron MacLean
Niall Ferguson: How Great Powers Lose Wars They’re Winning
Nearly 70 years after the Suez Crisis, the United States may have marched into a strikingly similar trap in the Strait of Hormuz.
Niall Ferguson
Loud on the Embargo, Silent on the Dungeons
The comfortable silence of Latin America’s democratic left about Cuba.
Roberto González
Trump Loves Israel’s Fighting Prowess. So Why Not Ukraine’s?
As Russia helps Iran target Americans, the Ukrainians are coming to our aid. Yet the president doesn’t acknowledge their value as an ally.
Elliott Abrams
The Europeans Shocked at Their Countries’ Response to Iran
A minority of voices in European politics want to side with Trump’s America in Iran at a moment when the transatlantic alliance is as weak as it’s ever…
David Patrikarakos
I Went Undercover in France’s Anti-Israel Movement
What I found is how a mutual hatred for the West, imperialism, and Israel have coalesced around Palestine—a cause for which its devout followers are…
Nora Bussigny
Donald Trump Is Waging Psychological Warfare
In his war with Iran, is the president a mad king or a genius negotiator? Eli Lake offers a third explanation.
Eli Lake
The Battle of Hormuz Approaches
What are the possible scenarios for the troops currently being deployed to Iran?
Aaron MacLean
Israel’s Palm Sunday Screwup
The Jewish state’s government scores an own goal—the latest in a series of unforced errors—at a time when it is losing support in the West.
Avi Mayer
The Radicalization of Calla Walsh
Five years ago, she was a teen wonder in Democratic politics. Now, she’s on a U.S. government watch list.
Jay Solomon
Yoav Gallant: How to Finish the Job in Iran
Iran must be compelled to accept conditions that end its nuclear threat and regional aggression. The way to do that is to seize its greatest choke…
General Yoav Gallant
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