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Category Archives: Iran
David Ignatius: The dangerous rise of decapitation warfare
Several things are going on in Ignatius’s column beyond the surface argument. First, Ignatius is performing a guild warning. His column is less about Iran itself and more about a doctrinal shift inside the U.S. national security system. For decades … Continue reading
WP: Iran’s regime maintains its grip, despite devastating losses
The Washington Post has long dominated the intelligence beat. It reports today: But so far, some six days into a war that has now touched 12 countries across the Middle East, major military operations have not threatened the Iranian regime’s … Continue reading
Trump Might Be On A Roll
John Ellis writes: It’s sort of an article of faith in the “mainstream” news media that President Trump’s war in Iran will end badly and do him grievous political harm. You don’t have to read between the lines of the … Continue reading
Enthusiasm For Iran War Cools Among Experts As Complexity Sets In
Grok says: As of March 5, 2026 (roughly one week into Operation Epic Fury), Western elite attitudes toward the U.S.-Israel campaign against Iran show mixed, evolving, and increasingly cautious shifts. Initial reactions were polarized along familiar lines—hawkish support from pro-Israel/security … Continue reading
Democracy and the Politics of the Extraordinary: Max Weber, Carl Schmitt, and Hannah Arendt (2008)
This book by Andreas Kalyvas helps us understand the Iran War. 1. Wars Create “Extraordinary Politics” That Break Normal Rules The book argues that democratic systems normally operate through routine institutional politics, but occasionally politics shifts into an extraordinary phase … Continue reading
Azerbaijan Sits Quietly On Iran’s Northern Front
Azerbaijan might invade if the Iranian state weakens. 1. The Drone Strike on Nakhchivan Today, multiple kamikaze drones, identified by some local media as Arash-2 models, struck the Nakhchivan International Airport and a secondary school. President Ilham Aliyev has described … Continue reading
The Kurds & The State Of Exception
The Kurdish mobilization on the Iran-Iraq border is a live demonstration of how the State of Exception can be used as a strategic tool to dismantle a regime from the edges. While the “Managerial Diplomats” in London and Washington discuss … Continue reading
The Iran War Is Partly About Punishing Iran For Its Support Of Hamas’s 10-7 Attack
All punishment contains an element of vengeance. I realize these are dirty words from an elite perspective, but part of what is going on right now with Iran war is punishment as deterrence. As a Zionist, I was outraged after … Continue reading
Four!
The top story on BBC News the past few hours is that the UK is sending four fighter jets to Cyprus. The BBC’s decision to lead with the deployment of four fighter jets—when set against the backdrop of an actual … Continue reading
Decoding Iran Expert Nate Swanson
He is a career Iran specialist who moved through the government–think tank–media circuit, the exact pipeline that produces most Washington foreign-policy experts. Here is how his alliance position works. 1. The “Professional Iran Hand” Alliance Swanson’s core identity is not … Continue reading