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• Commentary
  • War on the Rocks
  • July 16, 2020
  How Iran’s Oil Infrastructure Gambit Could Imperil the Strait of Hormuz

  A series of mysterious and seemingly random explosions continue to erupt across various parts of Iran this month, hitting sensitive military sites, as well as populated reside...

  By Elisa Catalano Ewers & Ariane Tabatabai

• Commentary
  • The Washington Post
  • January 7, 2020
  How will Iran respond to Soleimani’s killing — and where will the escalation end?

  After the U.S. drone strike last week that killed powerful Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, many thoughtful analyses have discussed what might come next. Response is inevita...

  By Elisa Catalano Ewers & Ariane Tabatabai

• Commentary
  • Foreign Policy
  • September 18, 2018
  Iran Hawks Could Make a Bad Situation Worse

  One of U.S. President Donald Trump’s chief foreign-policy objectives is to persuade or force the Iranian government to abandon policies that pose a threat to U.S. interests—na...

  By Eric Brewer & Ariane Tabatabai

• Commentary
  • Foreign Affairs
  • July 24, 2018
  Will China Undermine Trump's Iran Strategy?

  In May, President Donald Trump announced that he was pulling the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal. A few weeks later, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlined th...

  By Ariane Tabatabai & Dina Esfandiary