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IranConflicts and Conflict ResolutionTrump’s Negotiations with Iran: Exit Strategy or Bluff?
Mar 26, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesOn 23 March 2026, US President Donald Trump abruptly walked back a threat he had made just two days earlier, when he warned that the United States would “hit a…
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IranDemocracy and GovernanceDid All That Was Solid Melt into Air? The Islamic Republic at an Impasse
Mar 26, 2026 Rouzbeh ParsiThe Islamic Republic is an oligarchy, not a personal dictatorship, and this is both its survival mechanism and its downfall. The system consists of what might …
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IranUS Foreign PolicyUS Backing for an Iranian Kurdish Armed Rebellion Likely to Backfire
Mar 25, 2026Gregory AftandilianSeveral of Iran’s Kurdish political factions are hopeful that they may be part of any effort to dismantle the Islamic Republic and achieve autonomy for their c…
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The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfConflicts and Conflict ResolutionCaught in the Crossfire: Gulf Security and Strategy in the US–Israel War on Iran
Mar 19, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesThe US-Israel war on Iran, which initially appeared as a series of escalatory exchanges, has evolved into a broader war spanning multiple theaters, drawing in …
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The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfConflicts and Conflict ResolutionThe GCC States and the War on Iran: Rethinking Responses to Unwanted Consequences
Mar 19, 2026Kristian Coates UlrichsenFour years and four days after President Vladimir Putin committed an act of aggression by launching the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United Stat…
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IranUS Foreign PolicyIsrael and the US Are Fighting Iran Together. Are They on the Same Page, Though?
Mar 12, 2026Yousef MunayyerWhen the US and Israel launched an attack on Iran to start a war that is now entering its third week, it was the start of something unprecedented; the first jo…
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LebanonConflicts and Conflict ResolutionCrisis and Solidarity in Lebanon
Mar 12, 2026Patricia KaramThe widening of hostilities following the March 2026 US-Israeli attacks on Iran has placed Lebanon on a dangerous trajectory. Hezbollah’s decision to enter the…
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IranRegional Relations and GeopoliticsRaising the Cost of War: Iran’s Response to the US–Israeli War
Mar 12, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesNearly a week into the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, which resulted in the assassination of several senior political and military leaders early on, the Assembly …
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IranUS Foreign PolicyThe Unbelievable Madness of Our War With Iran
Mar 11, 2026Annelle ShelineI wrote in July 2024 about my fear that, emboldened by unconditional U.S. support, Israel might launch a full-scale war against Hezbollah in Lebanon that could…
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IranUS Foreign PolicyWhy Netanyahu Chose to Strike Iran Now
Mar 10, 2026Yousef MunayyerEvery few years for the past three decades, Netanyahu has almost comically preached that the window to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon was closing…
