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December 2022
Recent Articles
Why Preventing a Nuclear Iran Justifies Regional War
As Israel and the United States undertake operations of unprecedented scale against Iran, with a regional war now underway and global implications mounting, many critics are asking why this is necessary. Some pundits and academics have sought to play down the threat of a nuclear Iran, claiming that the logic of nuclear deterrence would apply […]
The Limits of Containment: The Gulf’s Strategic Recalibration in the New Middle East
Recent Iranian missile and drone attacks on civilian infrastructure across the Gulf have transformed the regional strategic landscape. For years, Gulf states pursued a careful policy of de-escalation, economic modernization, and selective hedging among major powers in order to preserve stability and protect their development agendas. They were not the authors of war, but the […]
JD Vance and the Strategic Logic of Trump’s Foreign Policy
At a moment when the Middle East is once again compelling Washington to confront first principles—how to balance deterrence and diplomacy, force and restraint, leadership and prudence—Vice President JD Vance has emerged as one of the clearest interpreters of President Donald Trump’s foreign-policy vision. What Vance brings is not a break with Trump, but a […]
