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Foreign Policy
Trump’s Economic Noose for Iran
Time is on America’s side in the standoff with an increasingly fractured and broke Tehran.
April 23, 2026
Michael Doran
The Ayatollah’s Waiting Game
The Iranian regime can’t afford Trump’s blockade. It’s praying America blinks first.
April 23, 2026
Amit Segal
Niall Ferguson: The Gap Between Truth (Social) and Reality on Iran
The Strait of Hormuz remains closed and the economic costs of the war keep mounting. Yet markets are trading like the war is over. The wisdom of crowds…
April 20, 2026
Niall Ferguson
Who Really Speaks for Iran?
Tehran’s most radical faction recently claimed veto power over every decision.
April 20, 2026
Eli Lake
Debunking Seven Myths About the Iran War
The progressive left and the isolationist right have found common ground on Iran. They are both wrong.
April 20, 2026
Michael Doran
We’re Sleepwalking Into a Taiwan Disaster
The question of how the United States would respond to a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is not academic. It is the whole thing. And the answer, at the…
April 16, 2026
Eyck Freymann
The Liberal Case for American Power
Though critical of some U.S. interventions, Shadi Hamid says the country’s dominance remains essential to global stability.
April 13, 2026
Coleman Hughes
1HR 17M
Meet the New Faces of the Iranian Regime
We now know who the U.S. is dealing with: a small team of mainly hard-liners who are determined not to capitulate.
April 9, 2026
Eli Lake
Ferguson, Haass, and Zelikow: How to Stop Iran From Winning the War
As talks begin this Saturday, the top priority is clear: The Strait of Hormuz must reopen, but not on Iran’s terms.
April 9, 2026
Niall Ferguson
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Richard Haass
, and
Philip Zelikow
The Ceasefire That Wasn’t
The day after the ceasefire was declared, there are more questions than answers. Elliott Abrams thinks through what we do know.
April 9, 2026
Elliott Abrams
Can America’s Advantage in Iran Last? Plus. . .
The American journalist kidnapped in Iraq. Are we headed for a global recession? Inside the Catholic influencer movement. And much more.
April 6, 2026
The Free Press
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…
April 4, 2026
Eli Lake
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