Iran
+4
Aug 31, 2026
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14 min read
The Empire That Isn't
Five years after Kabul, the Times says the lesson is learning how to quit. The evidence reads the other way: America does not police an empire, it preempts chaos, and every time it stops, the bill arrives.
Iran
+5
Aug 30, 2026
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15 min read
The Anti-Woke Diaspora: Surviving the Red-Green Alliance
Young Iranians in exile watched the left deliver power to the theocrats once. Twenty of them are now the West's clearest voices against doing it again, and the fight they are pointing at is inside Iran.
Iran
+5
Aug 28, 2026
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18 min read
The Next Six Months
Six months in, the shock is over and the attrition has begun. Twenty-five fronts the coalition has to manage between now and February.
Iran
+5
Aug 28, 2026
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19 min read
The Gulf at Six Months
Six months of Iranian fire on five capitals, state by state; CENTCOM says the lanes are clear; Doha's premier leaves Tehran with a list of conditions.
Iran
+4
Aug 27, 2026
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18 min read
The Corridor That Isn't
Tehran claims a Hormuz deal, Oman says otherwise, a tanker burns near Khasab, and the target list reaches the families.
Iran
+3
Aug 17, 2026
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11 min read
Tehran's War on American Morale
It is a military operation. Treat it like one. Plus: the file on Tehran Trita. Free for every reader.
Iran
+4
Aug 13, 2026
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12 min read
The State of the Forum
The Eylon Levy interview on the Mecca pact, the Forum's mid-year record, the second-half agenda, and a two-week handoff to the MEF Dispatch. Plus the Hormuz claims, the amnesty vote, and Baghdad's September 30 deadline.
Iran
+4
Aug 12, 2026
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12 min read
The Closing Horseshoe: The Unlikely Convergence of US Extremes Against Israel
One amendment from the right, 103 votes from the left. The horseshoe theory, the two studies that tested it, the machinery connecting the fringes, and the beneficiary in Tehran. Plus the Gulf in brief and tonight's eclipse.
Iran
+4
Aug 11, 2026
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14 min read
The Blockade Shoots Back
CENTCOM puts two Hellfires into a blockade runner's engine room while Trump plays banker to a failing regime. Plus: Damascus sentences the Assads to death, Beirut retires the gallows over Hezbollah's objection, first blood on the water at Bab el-Mandeb, and six ships through Hormuz in a day.
Iran
+3
Aug 9, 2026
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8 min read
The Anatomy of a Leaked Operation
The Long View: The Mossad reassigned the men who promised to topple Tehran. The mission stands; the instrument was wrong. Plus the week in review and what to watch.
Iran
+2
Aug 7, 2026
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16 min read
One for All: Circular Firing Squad or Mutual Defense Agreement?
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan sign a mutual-defense pact in Mecca, and the Houthis deliver its first test within hours. What the treaty says, what it doesn't, and what it means for Washington, Jerusalem, and the Gulf capitals that stayed home.
Iran
+3
Aug 6, 2026
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13 min read
Iran's Shakedown and America's Empty Quiver
Iran draws the Hormuz route through its own waters, threatens to black out the Gulf, and Washington discovers its quiver is nearly empty. Plus first Israeli deaths in Lebanon since the June truce, and your poll verdict.
Iran
+2
Aug 4, 2026
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12 min read
The Cost of Quiet
Bessent says a Hormuz deal may come today, Qatar says the drafts are circulating, a cargo ship was struck overnight, and Tehran says no talks are happening at all. Plus the war's rising cost on Israel's home front.
Iran
+2
Aug 3, 2026
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9 min read
The Cost of Waiting
The war's bill comes due at home: a third straight year of record Israeli emigration, a migration deficit, and a growing economic drag. Plus CENTCOM's suggestion box, a thank-you to Tehran, and the dangerous pause.
