War in Straitened Circumstances
After nineteen days of war, Israel and America face a grinding conflict with Iran and Hezbollah, and there is no clear end in sight.
Benny Morris
· 14 min read
Iran
A collection of 97 posts
Britain’s Half-Measures on Iran
As Iranian agents surveil London’s Jewish communities and IRGC-backed plots multiply, Britain’s failure to proscribe the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps endangers UK citizens.
Aurele Tobelem
· 9 min read
A Paradoxical War
The American debate about the campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Jeffrey Herf
· 19 min read
A New World Order in the Making
An interview with Dr Shmuel Bar.
Hannah Gal, Shmuel Bar
· 13 min read
Dan Schueftan on Gaza, Iran & the Future of Israel
Israel faces not a solvable conflict but a permanent condition—one requiring deterrence, “violent maintenance,” and historic patience—while confronting both regional enemies and a cultural battle in the West.
Pamela Paresky, Dan Schueftan
· 31 min read
Iran’s Risky Gamble
The war with Iran is reshaping the entire Middle East from the Gulf States to Lebanon with surprising speed.
Benny Morris
· 13 min read
A Strike Against Beijing
Operation Epic Fury is not just about Iran.
Aaron Sarin
· 7 min read
Podcast #327: Will Post-Islamist Iran Get a Royal Restoration?
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Iranian-Canadian human-rights activist Kaveh Shahrooz about whether Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of the last Shah of Iran, might rise to power as a new Prince of Persia.
Quillette
· 3 min read
Melania at the Mic
The first lady’s surreal act of geopolitical theatre did little to explain how the ongoing US–Israeli military campaign against Iran’s brutal theocrats will make the world safer.
Brian Stewart
· 5 min read
A Justified Assassination
In this week’s column, I reflect on the death of Ayatollah Khamenei—and why it may be a moment for cautious celebration.
Iona Italia
· 6 min read
The End of Strategic Ambiguity
The Islamic Republic’s assault on the Gulf will forge the new Middle East.
Chama Mechtaly
· 9 min read
Toppling a Tyrant
The assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei has opened a narrow window for regime change in Tehran.
Benny Morris
· 12 min read
An Hour of Reckoning
Iran has never been weaker and America has never been more poorly led.
Brian Stewart
· 7 min read
After Trump’s Iran Decision
The real dilemma is not between war and negotiation. It is between episodic action and sustained architecture.
Allen Zeesman
· 6 min read
Trump’s Iranian Dilemma
President Donald Trump must choose between a military strike on Iran, whose consequences no one can predict, and a deal that would leave the Islamic Republic still able to attack its own citizens, menace Israel, and export terrorism worldwide.
Benny Morris
· 10 min read