Key Points and Summary – Dr. Ted Galen Carpenter argues the Trump administration is inflating Venezuela into a major U.S. security threat to justify...
Key Points and Summary: Prospects for US-Iran diplomatic talks appear doomed to fail as President Trump’s “bottom line” for a deal—the complete dismantling of...
Key Points – A direct US military intervention in the Israel-Iran conflict, such as using B-2 bombers to strike Iran’s hardened Fordow nuclear facility,...
Key Points – Israel’s unilateral and preemptive strike on Iran on June 12th effectively sabotaged the Trump administration’s diplomatic efforts to secure a nuclear...
Key Points – The Iranian regime’s “extreme hubris,” born from decades of surviving revolution, a grueling war with Iraq, and successfully sponsoring regional proxies,...
Key Points and Summary: President Trump’s reported lunch meeting with Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir to discuss a potential U.S.-Pakistan alliance against Iran is...
Key Points – While Israel’s “Operation Rising Lion” has degraded Iran’s nuclear program, the question of regime change versus denuclearization as the ultimate goal...