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Summary and Key Points: As reports emerge of a massive crackdown on Iranian protesters that rivals the Tiananmen Square massacre, President Trump faces a...
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Summary and Key Points: As reports emerge of a massive crackdown on Iranian protesters that rivals the Tiananmen Square massacre, President Trump faces a...
Key Points and Summary – Dr. Andrew Latham argues that Trump treats foreign policy like a prizefight: a dramatic opening swing, a declared victory,...
Synopsis: Dr. Michael Rubin argues that Washington’s post-Maduro strategy should not focus solely on rebuilding Venezuela—especially via oil investment—without also rewarding regional allies that...
Key Points and Summary – Even if Iran’s current protests intensify, a clean democratic transition is unlikely. Like Syria’s early uprisings, hope can outrun...
Key Points and Summary – The article argues that a collapse of Iran’s Islamic Republic would reverberate across the Middle East, but not necessarily...
Key Points and Summary – The AIM-54 Phoenix made the F-14 Tomcat a true long-range interceptor: an active-radar missile built to strike bombers and...
Key Points and Summary – Iran is still seething over Israel’s 12-Day War and America’s Operation Midnight Hammer, and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has zero...
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Coast Guard’s seizure of the tanker M/T Skipper off Venezuela, under a warrant tying it to Hezbollah...
In October 2024, Iran threatened to abandon the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and pursue a nuclear weapon if attacked by Israel. If history and...
In the wake of Israel’s first rounds of its preemptive military strike on Iran’s nuclear program, aptly named “Operation Rising Lion,” commentators rushed to...