Pompeo summons up fresh Iran sanctions from the Gulf
The secretary of state’s hasty trip to Riyadh and Abu Dhabi means another escalation in tensions between the Trump administration and Iran
Iran
Monday
Trump is trapped in an Iran cul-de-sac
Far from undermining the regime, the president has strengthened and emboldened it
After 30 years of bad wars, who thinks one with Iran will be good?
Trump, Bolton, and the pathological cycle of failed conflicts
Friday
Trump’s Iran gamble
Will the first consequence of a US attack on Iran be war between Israel and Lebanon?
The untenability of President Bolton
Ideological contradictions within the admin are increasingly laid bare
Thursday
Iran calls Trump’s bluff
Trump would be utterly at sea in trying to preside over a war in the Persian Gulf
Give Tucker Carlson a Nobel prize!
Thank goodness the president listens more to Fox News than he does to his advisers
Friday
America has a credibility problem on Iran
Who trusts the agencies that Trump doesn’t trust?
Iran trumps Trump
The Donald’s indulgence of gunboat diplomacy has made war more likely
Wednesday
Is Matt Gaetz the future of Trump foreign policy?
Trump favorite’s speech sets a watershed
Monday
What would peace with Iran look like?
Iran continues to divide the West and export terrorism
Monday
Trump climbs down on Iran
War-war to jaw-jaw with Tehran?
Wednesday
How would America really ‘end’ Iran?
Today’s ‘coalition of the willing’ might look even less impressive
Monday
Russia and China are watching Iran, and waiting
America’s rivals are exploiting Trump’s split with Europe
Wednesday
If Trump goes to war with Iran, he will lose in 2020
He would become yet another politician who believes American greatness lies in policing the world
Wednesday
The US and Yemen: stopping Iran or appeasing Saudi Arabia?
The ‘America First’ president is putting Saudi interests first
Tuesday
The folly of war with Iran
Conflict with the Middle Eastern nation may be a neocon dream, but it’s not what Trump was elected to execute
Monday
Trump is right to brand the IRGC terrorists
Only by recognizing the obvious can the US formulate policies that have a chance of succeeding
Trump’s IRGC designation could be a pretext for war
Stretching America’s AUMF could be next, if need be
Donald Trump has been captured by the neocons
Bolton and Pompeo are thirsting for a new crusade to vanquish the mullahs in Tehran