📌 ‘Mess Around and Find Out’: 4 Opinion Writers on the Khamenei Strike

Trump’s decapitation strike killed Khamenei, but regime change is a gamble; power vacuums breed chaos.

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#Analysis #Chaos #Gamble #Iran #Khamenei #Strike

📌 How Israel Lost Americans

For the first time in 25 years, more Americans sympathize with Palestinians than Israel; bipartisan support is slipping away.

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#Analysis #Israel #Poll #Shift #Sympathy #us

📌 Iraq increasingly moves toward US

Iraq’s foreign policy is shaped by internal rivalries and militia influence, not strategy; pro-U.S. factions gain as Iran weakens.

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#Policy_Brief #Balance #Iran #Iraq #Militias #us

📌 Iran’s supreme leader is dead. Here’s what it means

Khamenei is dead, killed in a U.S.-Israeli strike; Iran teeters as succession and regime survival hang in the balance.

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#Analysis #Death #Iran #Khamenei #Succession #Turmoil

📌 All or Nothing in Gaza

Trump’s Gaza plan is flawed: the technocratic committee cannot succeed unless four key conditions are met.

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#Analysis #Conditions #Failure #Gaza #Plan #Trump

📌 Trump’s US-Israel war on Iran is denounced abroad, unconstitutional at home

Trump’s war on Iran, launched without congressional approval, is unconstitutional; the consequences are irreversible.

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#Policy_Brief #Congress #Constitution #Iran #Trump #War

📌 Who Will Succeed Ali Khamenei in Iran?

Khamenei’s death leaves a historic vacuum; the most likely outcome is an IRGC takeover, turning a clerical state into a military one.

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#Analysis #Iran #IRGC #Khamenei #Succession #Vacuum

📌 Saudi Arabia’s New Approach to Israel and the Normalization Process

Saudi Arabia’s shift on Israel is stark: 99% of Saudis now oppose normalization, and a Palestinian state is a non-negotiable condition.

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#Geopolitics #Israel #Normalization #Palestine #Saudi #Shift

📌 Ten must-read books on US-Iran relations

To counter the propaganda surrounding Iran, read these ten essential books on U.S.-Iran relations and imperial hubris.

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#Analysis #Books #history #Iran #Propaganda #Resistance

📌 Why does Iran persist on nuclear enrichment?

Iran will not abandon enrichment; zero enrichment is a dead end. Limited enrichment with strict inspections is the only viable path.

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#Security #Diplomacy #Enrichment #Iran #Nuclear #Pride

📌 Operation Epic Fury and the Remnants of Iran’s Nuclear Program

Operation Epic Fury is a systematic campaign targeting leadership, missiles, and nuclear remnants—aiming for regime change.

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#Security #Escalation #Iran #Israel #us #War

📌 Why the US Keeps Misreading Iran’s Place on the Map

The U.S. misreads Iran because its mental map is wrong: Iran is the pivot of Southwest Asia, not a peripheral oil state.

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#Policy_Brief #Geography #Iran #Misreading #Pivot #Strategy

📌 How does this war with Iran end? Or does it?

Trump’s war on Iran has three possible ends: regime collapse, Iranian retaliation outlasting U.S. will, or a return to the deal.

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#Analysis #Collapse #Diplomacy #Iran #Scenarios #War

📌 How Iran, China, and Russia Use the Shadow Fleet to Evade US Sanctions

A growing “shadow fleet” now transports nearly a fifth of global tanker capacity, evading U.S. sanctions; China is the primary buyer.

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#Economy #China #Evasion #Oil #sanctions #ShadowFleet

📌 After Khamenei: Who – or What – Replaces him?

Khamenei’s assassination triggers a war-time succession; the IRGC is central, and the real question is whether Iran remains a clerical system or pivots to military rule.

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#Analysis #Clergy #Iran #IRGC #Succession #War

📌 Hezbollah Is Winning the Race to Rearm in Lebanon

Hezbollah is rearming faster than the LAF can disarm it; the LAF notifies Hezbollah before inspections and has not destroyed underground facilities.

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#Security #Disarmament #Hezbollah #LAF #Lebanon #Rearmament

📌 Is Iraq Being Pulled into the War?

Iraq is being pulled into the war; rockets have landed across the country, and the government does not fully control the factions.

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#Analysis #Escalation #Iraq #Militias #us #War

📌 Epic Fury and Roaring Lion: From War Scenarios to Pressing Postwar Questions in Iran

U.S.-Israeli strikes have killed Khamenei; the IRGC may now seize power. The diplomatic path is closed.

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#Analysis #Diplomacy #Iran #IRGC #Khamenei #War

📌 With Khamenei's killing, US-Iran relations have crossed a threshold. What next?

Khamenei’s assassination escalates to an existential fight; diplomacy is impossible, and a long war is likely.

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#Security #Escalation #Existential #Iran #Khamenei #War

📌 Experts react: How the US war with Iran is playing out around the Middle East

The U.S.-Iran war is spreading: missiles hit Gulf states, Hezbollah hesitates, Iraq teeters, and diplomacy is dead.

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#Geopolitics #Gulf #Hezbollah #Iran #Spread #War

📌 Symposium: What to expect after Iran's sudden 'decapitation'

Khamenei’s assassination is unprecedented, but regime collapse is not guaranteed; succession is underway, and the war has widened.

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#Governance #Assassination #Iran #Khamenei #Succession #War