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Interview with The New York Times
I gave an interview to The New York Times published on Monday 03 August 2026 on President Donald Trump’s lack of good limited and near-term military options to re-open the Strait of Hormuz:
At the same time, Washington is grappling with...
Interview with the Financial Times
I gave an interview to the Financial Times published on Sunday 02 August 2026 on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s military calculus:
Iran’s military commanders also arguably saw a window of opportunity to again demonstrate control over the...
Iran faces new obstacle to monetizing the Strait of Hormuz
The Islamic Republic of Iran faces a new obstacle to its ability to monetize the Strait of Hormuz—if it can consolidate control over the international waterway.
As I noted in mid-July, some Iranian officials believe they can generate a maj...
Interview with The New Arab
I gave an interview to The New Arab published on Wednesday 29 July 2026 on the anti-execution protests in Isfahan, Iran.
You can read my full responses to The New Arab interviewer’s question, which were not included in their entirety in th...
Interview with Alhurra
I gave an interview to Alhurra published on Monday 27 July 2026 on Iran-Pakistan relations in the context of the regional conflict:
Iran has to tread carefully as it encounters its southeastern neighbor’s more robust international stance...
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Analyst, consultant, and researcher on Middle East security and politics, sanctions, and nuclear non-proliferation.
Founder, Counteroffensive.News and IranWar.news. Human interest stories to illustrate international news.
Assistant Professor at Sciences Po CERI | Non-Resident Fellow, Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Associate, Managing the Atom at Harvard’s Belfer Center
Fellow in the National Security Program at FPRI | Research Associate at CNS
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