Present Dangers
Ilan BermanPresent Dangers is a curated collection of writings and analysis on foreign policy, national security, and the most pressing challenges facing the United States. Written by Ilan Berman of the American Foreign Policy Council.
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National Security Notebook | Number 14, June 24, 2026
Although we don’t usually approach it in that way, Iran can only be fully understood in the context of its imperial past. Before the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s 1979 Revolution made it an Islamic Republic, Iran was ruled by a succession o...
National Security Notebook | Number 13, June 22, 2026
It’s official; Keir Starmer is out. Earlier today, the British Prime Minister formally announced that he was stepping down as leader of the country’s ruling Labour Party. But even when I was in London last week, it was already clear that Si...
One Cheer For Trump’s Iran Deal
Back in January of 2020, on the heels of his first term decision to eliminate Qassem Soleimani, the notorious head of Iran’s Qods Force paramilitary, President Trump famously tweeted that “Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!...
Are Iran’s New Rulers Stronger Than Ever?
When Israel and the United States launched their military offensive against Iran in late February, President Trump offered a clear reason why: Iran’s radical regime, he said, had attempted to rebuild its nuclear program and was developing l...
National Security Notebook | Number 12, June 13, 2026
Some two decades ago, when the U.S. military began the process of establishing an independent military command for Africa, Morocco ranked high on the list of potential basing locations. Back then, though, the idea was met with a decidedly c...
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Senior Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council and Editor-in-Chief of Statecraft & Strategy. Forbes contributor. Board member of RFE/RL and MBN. Sanctioned by Russia. Views my own.
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