How Trump Has Boxed Himself Out of a Face-Saving Iran Deal How Trump Has Boxed Himself Out of a Face-Saving Iran Deal
By failing to absorb the lessons of Iran’s strategic victories, the White House is on course to turn the present stalemate into a disastrous quagmire.
Jun 9, 2026 / David Faris
Stalemate or Escalation in Ukraine Stalemate or Escalation in Ukraine
With the war in Ukraine grinding into stalemate, the danger is no longer breakthrough but escalation beyond anyone’s control.
Jun 3, 2026 / Anatol Lieven
Trump’s Violent Threats Can't Hide the Truth: He’s a Humiliated Bully Trump’s Violent Threats Can't Hide the Truth: He’s a Humiliated Bully
Under Trump, the United States is looking for weaker and weaker victims in order to mask its own fragility.
May 29, 2026 / Jeet Heer
Trump’s Abraham Accords Fantasy Will Only Cause More Suffering Trump’s Abraham Accords Fantasy Will Only Cause More Suffering
Any expansion of the alleged peace agreement would lock the Middle East into endless apartheid, despotism, and militarism.
May 26, 2026 / Jeet Heer
How Closing the Strait of Hormuz Has Sparked a Wider Energy Debate in Europe How Closing the Strait of Hormuz Has Sparked a Wider Energy Debate in Europe
The lessons from these shocks is clear.
May 11, 2026 / Stanley Reed
Trump Risks a Greater Catastrophe in the Iran Conflict Trump Risks a Greater Catastrophe in the Iran Conflict
Considering the costs so far as we wait on the precipice of another round of fighting.
May 6, 2026 / Michael T. Klare
Trump’s Smartest Supporters Know the Iran War Is a Disaster Trump’s Smartest Supporters Know the Iran War Is a Disaster
The new consensus is that the American empire is in steep decline.
May 4, 2026 / Jeet Heer
Why Ending the Iran War May Be a Never-Ending Story Why Ending the Iran War May Be a Never-Ending Story
As Trump’s “excursion” veers into quagmire territory, he may just try to walk away amid a host of new distractions.
Apr 29, 2026 / David Faris
The Blockheaded Thinking Behind Trump’s Plan for a Hormuz Blockade The Blockheaded Thinking Behind Trump’s Plan for a Hormuz Blockade
The president’s latest proposal to force Iran to negotiate an end to his feckless war somehow makes less sense than all the other ones.
Apr 16, 2026 / David Faris