The Long View
Weekend strategic essays on where the region is heading, not just where it has been.
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
+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
+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
+5
Jun 22, 2026
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10 min read
Iran lost the war. Now it's charging admission.
A mined strait, a brand-new "Strait Authority," billions unfrozen — and a deal that rewards all of it.
