November 3, 2025

The 12-Day War: Iran's Leaders Face Narrowing Choices

The 12-day conflict with Israel was brief, yet it left a scar. It was a war marked by unprecedented strikes deep inside Iranian territory that jolted the leadership in Tehran into confronting realities they had long sought to avoid.

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Oct 15, 2020

Tehran’s worst nightmare

Oct 13, 2020
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani (L) speaks as US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (R) listens during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul on February 29, 2020. - The United States signed a landmark deal with the Taliban on February 29, laying out a timetable for a full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan within 14 months as it seeks an exit from its longest-ever war. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)

Weekly Briefing: The myth of US conditionality in Afghanistan

Oct 8, 2020
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The coming F-35 fiasco