Empress Farah Pahlavi and the Myth of the Secular Shah
The aesthetics are compelling. Black and white photos of a Tehran University lecture hall with men and women seated side by side wearing the best of 1950s European fashions. Young ...
Tag: Iran
Iran Policy Has Gone Postmodern
One of my colleagues who often has a way with words described the recent debate about bomb damage to Iran’s three main nuclear sites as “asinine.” It was certainly that, ...
Do Trump and Bibi Have a Longer-Term Middle East Strategy?
This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his third official visit to Washington since U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January—the most of any world leader. The two ...
Iran’s Collapse Could Cause a Nuclear Security Nightmare
On June 22, U.S. President Donald Trump asked, “f the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change???” That comment came ...
Iran Can Already Build a Dirty Bomb
There is an ongoing debate about just how much of a setback Iran’s nuclear program experienced during its recent conflict with Israel and the United States. But there is little ...
Houthis Return to Maritime Terrorism, Threaten to Bomb Israel
The Houthi insurgents of Yemen, possibly the last combat-effective Iranian proxy force in the Middle East, are threatening to continue missile attacks against Israel after a devastating Israeli airstrike on ...
Strikes on Iran Validate North Korea’s Nuclear Sprint
Since the late 1960s, the United States and its allies have supported a robust nonproliferation regime to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. It has been remarkably successful. Eighty years ...
Netanyahu’s Third White House Visit Brings Higher Stakes
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visiting the White House, the United States issuing new trade threats, and Poland reinstating temporary border ...
The Lessons of Osirak for Israel and Iran
Since the end of the Israeli and U.S. bombing campaign against Iran’s nuclear program in June, debate has raged over whether the time needed for Tehran to reconstitute the program ...
What the War Changed Inside Iran
The 12-day war between Iran, Israel, and the United States has ended, but the dust has not yet settled. Many official voices in Tehran are warning that the war can ...
