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How to Avoid Mutually Assured Devastation in the Gulf
Apr 17, 2026Daniel Brumberg
The April 12, 2026, collapse of US-Iran talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, could open the door to the perils of mutually assured devastation. This differs from the …
Policy Analysis
The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfEnergy and Economics
Protection or Vulnerability? Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds and the Iran War
Apr 14, 2026Rohan Advani
In March 2026, a Gulf official told Reuters that three Gulf states were reviewing how to deploy their sovereign wealth fund (SWF) holdings to offset Iran war-r…
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IranUS Foreign Policy
The Iran War: Is Trump Looking for Exit Ramps or Escalation?
Apr 7, 2026Charles W. Dunne
US President Donald Trump proclaimed total victory over Iran in his Oval Office address on April Fools’ Day, saying, “We’ve beaten and completely decimated Ira…
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IranUS Foreign Policy
Iran Is the Dumb, Disastrous Remake of Desert Storm
Apr 4, 2026Daniel Neep
The war’s goals—degrading Iran’s military and weakening its proxy networks—look like a more limited attempt to discipline an errant regional power.
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Global Energy is Caught in a Dark Tunnel and Future Prospects Are Bleak
Mar 30, 2026The Economic Studies Unit
The world waits apprehensively to see where the heated conflict between Israel and the United States on one side, and Iran on the other, will lead. It is a con…
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JordanConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Jordanian Security and the US-Israel War on Iran
Mar 27, 2026Curtis Ryan
Eid al-Fitr should be a time of joy, but for Jordanians, and for so many others across the region, this year it was accompanied by air raid sirens, missiles, a…
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The Conflicting Agendas of the Iran War
Mar 27, 2026
The Trump administration and Israel appear to stand united against Iran, but a closer look reveals a divide over what either nation hopes to achieve
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The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfEnergy and Economics
The Iran War and the End of the US-Gulf “Oil for Security” Deal
Mar 27, 2026Jim Krane
In early March 2026, Iran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to the war launched by the United States and Israel, making it impossible for oil…
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Trump’s Negotiations with Iran: Exit Strategy or Bluff?
Mar 26, 2026The Unit for Political Studies
On 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 Governance
Did All That Was Solid Melt into Air? The Islamic Republic at an Impasse
Mar 26, 2026 Rouzbeh Parsi
The 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 …
Policy Analysis
IranUS Foreign Policy
US Backing for an Iranian Kurdish Armed Rebellion Likely to Backfire
Mar 25, 2026Gregory Aftandilian
Several 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 Resolution
Caught in the Crossfire: Gulf Security and Strategy in the US–Israel War on Iran
Mar 19, 2026The Unit for Political Studies
The 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 …