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Half Measures and Maximum Risk in Iran

OPINION – Over the past month, U.S. and Israeli operations have killed Iran’s senior leadership, destroyed over 155 naval vessels and roughly 300 [...] More

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Blockade by Permission: How Iran Determines Who Gets Through Hormuz

Blockade by Permission: How Iran Determines Who Gets Through Hormuz

For roughly two weeks, the Karachi, a Pakistani-flagged Aframax tanker loaded with crude at Das Island in Abu Dhabi, sat waiting for a signal that [...] More

Why Hasn’t Iran Buckled Under U.S.-Israeli Pressure?

EXPERT Q&A -- There are more questions than answers around the reported delivery of a U.S. 15-point plan presented to Iranian officials via a [...] More

Where crime and terror meet: Australia’s illicit tobacco market

OPINION – The unearthing of IRGC’s involvement in Australia’s firebombing incidents in 2025 has subsequently brought into question - the extent by [...] More

The Uneasy Balance between Care and Provocation

OPINION — This past March and April, US Naval Forces attached to Central Command carried out live fire exercises in the North Persian Gulf’s [...] More

Iraqi Militias Adjust to Losses

Bottom Line Up FrontIran-backed Shia militias in Iraq remain active despite the assassination of their Iranian mentor and the leading Iraqi militia [...] More

What Happens Next with the Tensions Between Iran and the United States?

Bottom Line Up FrontIran responded to the death of IRGC-QF Major General Qassim Soleimani by launching nearly two dozen ballistic missiles at Iraqi [...] More

The United States and Iran Continue Tit-for-Tat Escalation in Iraq

Bottom Line Up FrontLess than 24 hours after the United States killed IRGC-QF General Qassem Soleimani, the United States Department of State [...] More

Soleimani Killing Cripples U.S. Position in Iraq

Bottom Line Up FrontA key Iranian response to the U.S. strike that killed Qods Force Commander Qasem Soleimani will be to try to permanently oust the [...] More

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Avenging the Death of Qassem Soleimani

The U.S. targeting and killing of Iranian Quds Force General Qassem Soleimani by a drone strike in Baghdad on Friday has prompted a series of swift [...] More

U.S. Kills Qassem Soleimani in Major Escalation of Conflict with Iran

Bottom Line Up FrontA U.S. strike that killed the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force, IRGC Major General Qassem Soleimani, [...] More

U.S. Sanctions Approach a Blockade

Bottom Line Up FrontOn September 20, the Trump administration sought to completely shut Iran out of the international financial system by imposing [...] More

The U.S.-Iran Crisis

Bottom Line Up FrontThe U.S. and Iran are close to a conflict that would have no clear end and could quickly spread throughout the Middle East and [...] More