War with Iran: A view from Israel
Iraq’s oil paralysis: A self-inflicted wound and a gift to Tehran
With the Strait of Hormuz closed and oil production from Iraq’s south in free fall, Baghdad’s failure to maximize the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline is no longer a policy dispute. It is a national emergency.
How the US and Israel can stave off strategic failure in Iran
Despite a dazzling military onslaught, an Iranian regime that faces a threat to its very existence is demonstrating an entirely predictable willingness to stay the course at all costs. As things stand now, the joint US-Israeli war risks ending in military victory but becoming a strategic failure.
The Latest on War in Iran
Iran’s insurance policy: Why the Houthis have stayed out of the fight
Iran, Mojtaba and the future of the Islamic Republic
Intelligence questions as the war with Iran enters a more uncertain phase
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