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Tracking Iran's regime, nuclear program, regional proxies, and the internal opposition that could replace it.

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Talks with No Deadlines; Strikes with No Decision

Nov 2, 2026

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4 min read

Talks with No Deadlines; Strikes with No Decision

The Forum went to the satellites over 43 bases to map the force that would fight a second round with Iran. Then Rubio's two answers, Tehran's two-day plan, the Netanyahu call, Israel's coalition calendar, Michigan and The Number.

Gregg Roman

US Policy

Oct 29, 2026

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10 min read

In Their Own Words

The Forum's new site puts 928 statements from 36 Michigan institutions on the institutions' own video, beside the $47.4 million in public money 12 of them received and the officials who honored them. The Detroit center whose Friday prayer asked God to kill Netanyahu's soldiers "leaving none of them" received $45 million, most of it school-meal money paid through Lansing.

Gregg Roman

Iran

Jul 26, 2026

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8 min read

Architecture Over Exchanges: A Five-Part Strategy to End the Iran War

A head for an eye is a price, not a plan. The Sunday Long View on what the next twenty-four months must build: five instruments to convert strike dominance into victory architecture.

Gregg Roman

Iran

Jul 24, 2026

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15 min read

Bigger Than Epic Fury

Night 13 complete, 50,000 Americans in theater, B-1s tracked out of Fairford, 150 medics at Landstuhl, and the Forum's paper trail on the end of containment.

Gregg Roman

Iran

$100 Oil, Red Sea Siege, and Trump’s Nuclear Pivot

Jul 23, 2026

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13 min read

$100 Oil, Red Sea Siege, and Trump’s Nuclear Pivot

First blood under the Houthi blockade, a $100 close, a "massive attack" weighed, a signed Saudi deal repriced by post, and the Forum's read of Iraq's $1.47 billion judgment against Turkey.

Gregg Roman

Iran

Tehran’s Fake Diplomacy and the 10-Day Reload

Jul 21, 2026

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15 min read

Tehran’s Fake Diplomacy and the 10-Day Reload

The regime scripted the Hormuz closure before the first shot, staged the talks "for closure," and now wants ten days. The confession, the invoice, and the $7.7 million file behind CAIR Plaza.

Gregg Roman

Iran

Jul 6, 2026

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13 min read

The Mourning Machine

Iran buries a leader and rebuilds a war machine; Washington waits for the funeral to end.

Gregg Roman

Lebanon

Jul 2, 2026

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8 min read

The Doha Progress Fiction

Two days in Doha ended with praise for "positive progress." It bought a shelved nuclear file, a $6 billion conversation, and a recess for Khamenei's funeral.

Gregg Roman

In the Arena