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Jed Babbin: U.S. Air Campaign Against Iran Raises Questions About Endgame and Strategy

Jed Babbin is a former U.S. Deputy Undersecretary of Defense and contributor to The Washington Times and The American Spectator

Military Campaign Against Iran Targets Strait of Hormuz Threats

Steven Bucci of The Heritage Foundation breaks down the escalating Iran crisis and what it will take for the U.S.

Clifford May: Military Gains in Iran Campaign Highlight Progress but Key Challenges Remain

Cliff May, president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, believes the U.S. has the capability to control the Strait

Noah Rothman: Iran Conflict Showing Different Dynamics Than Many Forecasts

Noah Rothman of National Review looks at What’s Gone Right in the Iran War?

Geoffrey Cain: Iran Conflict Could Reshape U.S.-China Strategic Competition

Geoffrey Cain, author of The Perfect Police State — an investigation into China’s surveillance dystopia — explains why  Trump’s ultimate

Peter Berkowitz: Military Gains Against Iran Significant but Campaign Not Yet Complete

Peter Berkowitz, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and former Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department:  U.S.-Israel

Defense Analyst Justin Logan Warns Iran Conflict May Yield Limited Strategic Gains

Justin Logan, director of defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute:  Small Fires Everywhere: The Wages of Boomer

Steven Bucci: U.S. Campaign Against Iran Could Soon Neutralize Regime’s Military Capabilities

The Heritage Foundation’s Steven Bucci says Iran is rapidly being weakened and the U.S. remains on schedule with Trump’s four-to-five-week

Iran Leadership Uncertainty Raises Questions About Power Struggle After Supreme Leader’s Death

Jason Brodsky, policy director at United Against Nuclear Iran and non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute, says the Trump