Middle East
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Foreign Affairs
Israel, Iran, Hamas, and why it’s not 2014 anymore
Shifts long building tip over in May 2021.
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Engaged at Warp Factor One: When submarines don’t mind being seen
A new context for messaging: It's all real now.
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Interesting situation with M/V Ever Given container ship stuck in Suez Canal
Possibilities that are more than dreamt of now.
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Foreign Affairs
The changed deterrence environment for attacks on Saudi Arabia from the sea (Part II)
Not your father's CENTCOM strategic environment.
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U.S. and Iran: The view from inside the OODA loop
What's already happening is the main event.
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National Security
Iran claims to hit maritime targets in Indian Ocean with ballistic missiles from 1,100 miles away
Missiles and rumors of missiles.
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National Security
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Foreign Affairs
Jake Sullivan Trashed Trump’s Israel policy in interview with Chinese propaganda outlet
While at the State Department, Sullivan sent and received hundreds of classified emails that were stored on the private email server Clinton…
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Politics
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National Security
‘A change in the heart of the Middle East’
Rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham. - African-American spiritual
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Foreign Affairs
The ‘Deal of the Century’: Notes on the map and security
A deal that will change everything, even if nobody takes it.
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National Security
The ‘9/10’ mindset: Media flog theme that threat from Soleimani planning was not ‘imminent’
Lies, imminence, and false premises.
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Foreign Affairs
Iran, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon: Mullahs and Donald Trump are both inside our OODA loop
The hard jolts of interesting times.
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Reports: Israel attacked Iranian missile shipments in July – in Iraq
Making battle space.
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Foreign Affairs
How Iran-backed drone attacks on Saudi Arabia from Iraq would transform whole Middle East as a battle space
Chickens come home to roost on 2011 Iraq pullout decision - and 2014-15 facilitation of Iran's military embeddedness in Iraq.
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National Security
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Saudis, UAE report ‘sabotage’ of commercial ships near Fujairah port, south of Strait of Hormuz
Interesting times go high-order.
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Social media post: Crew of Iranian tanker alleges ‘missile attack’ in disabling Red Sea incident
Too much excitement in these interesting times.
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National Security
Warning to Iran: Reading the new sheriff’s tea leaves
The schedule is no longer the message.
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National Security
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Foreign Affairs
As predicted in 2017, Iran is reportedly moving ballistic missiles into Iraq
An inevitable, destabilizing -- yet unnecessary -- development.
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Report: U.S. Aegis destroyer ‘escorting vessels through’ Strait of Hormuz
Interesting maritime times.
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National Security
Rockets from Gaza: Iran, Israel, and the Great Crossroads at the precipice
The most interesting of times.
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Email Featured
As massive Iranian protests continue, what U.S. should and shouldn’t do
Effectiveness from the sideline.
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