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Andrew Latham: Iran Settlement Earns a C-Minus, Only Addresses the Problem Created Two Months Ago

Senior Washington Fellow at the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy Andrew Latham argues the Iran deal may reopen the Strait

Trump’s Suggestion That Syria Handle Hezbollah Is One of the Worst Foreign Policy Ideas I’ve Heard

Hussain Abdul-Hussain, research fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, on the Iran peace deal and  Trading Away

Eugene Kontorovich: Iran Deal Strengthens Tehran, $300 Billion Will Rebuild the Military

Professor at George Mason University Scalia Law School and senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Eugene Kontorovich, weighs in on

Michael Rubin: Iran Deal Makes Neville Chamberlain Look Like Winston Churchill

Director of Policy Analysis for the Middle East Forum, Michael Rubin, says he hates to throw cold water over it,

Liel Leibovitz: Trump Lost His Nerve and Rescued Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

Tablet editor-at-large Liel Leibovitz argues the conflict with Iran is one the U.S. must win to send a message to

Doug Bandow: Iran Deal Gets Us Back to Where We Were Before the War Started

Cato Institute Senior Fellow and former Reagan administration official Doug Bandow welcomes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz but

Robert Farley: Iran Deal Details Remain Unclear, Kharg Island Threat Was Probably Jawboning

University of Kentucky senior lecturer Robert Farley is skeptical of President Donald Trump’s peace deal announcement, arguing that recent threats

Jonathan Schanzer: Stop Talking About Proportionality and Force Iran to Capitulate, Cuba Is Next After the Straight Is Resolved

Executive Director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Jonathan Schanzer reacts to the retaliatory strikes on Iran, arguing, “We

John Bolton: Proportional Response Is Wrong, Iran Sees American Desperation for a Deal Every Day We Don’t Use Significant Force

Former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs John Bolton argues that Trump is eager to make a deal,