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You can hear Secretary Noem talking on as her security detail shoves a US senator to the floor and handcuffs him. She could have stopped this affront, but she chose not to. It's her action, not to be blamed on underlings.

Anti-deportation actions were manageable, but the US President saw an opportunity to use federal troops to confront Americans angry about his policies. Opinion | Hussein Ibish Hussein Ibish via The National thenationalnews.com/opinion/commen…

It's a real-life film noir in the City of Angels. Trump is charging through the looking glass, this time in LA. It feels lifted from 1930s hard-boiled pulp fiction in which nothing is as it appears and everything is the inverse of what powerful men assert. thenationalnews.com/opinion/commen…

My latest for ⁦The National⁩: There was never a question of either the California governor or Los Angeles mayor – albeit both are liberal Democrats – requesting federal troops. The soldiers weren’t wanted and they clearly weren’t needed. thenationalnews.com/opinion/commen…

The real purpose of the deployments – and the nefarious EO that applies to any protest or potential protests anywhere – is to acculturate Americans and their political system to the use of the military to suppress peaceful political demonstrations. thenationalnews.com/opinion/commen…

Trump knows protests are a highly effective tool against would-be strongmen, but he intends to use the military to suppress opposition. They could, after all, be the nucleus of an American "colour revolution," that may well be necessary to avoid autocracy. thenationalnews.com/opinion/commen…

The land of the free is certainly “going through some things”. As LA, home of Hollywood and setting of many of the great films noir, famously explained about arbitrary power, "forget about it, Jake. It's Chinatown". My latest for ⁦The National⁩ thenationalnews.com/opinion/commen…

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Monday 9-10:30 am US eastern join me, ⁦Kristin Diwan⁩, ⁦Robin Mills⁩ & ⁦Ali Alfoneh علی آلفونه⁩ in a GREAT ⁦AGSI⁩ webinar: Assessing Iranian, US and Gulf Reactions and Options Following Israel’s Massive Attack on Iran DON’T MISS THIS! agsi.org

Our agsi brain trust in FULL EFFECT here, examining many different aspects of Israel’s attack on Iran. I’m honored to be a part of it.

If you’re not impressed with this lineup, you don’t know much about scholarship on the Gulf. Wow!

Iran Is Attacked, the Gulf Reacts: A remarkable collection of commentaries on many aspects in Israel’s attack on Iran: Ali Alfoneh علی آلفونه ⁦Kristin Diwan⁩ Kristian Ulrichsen Mohammed Baharoon Bernard Haykel, Aziz Alghashian Robert Mogielnicki Karen Young Kate Dourian & me. agsi.org/analysis/iran-…

I speak to Australian National radio: Will Israel’s conflict with Iran draw in the US? (ABC listen) abc.net.au/listen/program…

Today at 9am ET: ⁦Assessing Iranian, U.S., and Gulf Reactions and Options Following Israel’s Unprecedented Attack on Iran with Ali Alfoneh علی آلفونه, Kristin Diwan, ⁦Robin Mills and Hussein Ibish. Join us. agsi.org/events/assessi…

We will go live at 9 am with a fantastic panel on the Israeli-Iranian war from AGSI — don’t miss it!!!

"Mr Trump may be about to plunge Americans into yet another of the misguided, ill-advised and unwinnable 'forever wars' he has railed against for years," writes Hussein Ibish #Opinion | Hussein Ibish thenationalnews.com/opinion/commen…

My latest for ⁦The National⁩. I explain how Trump is sacrificing not one but two uncharacteristically clever and skillful uses of American “constructive ambiguity)“ in favor of this crazy bellicose rhetoric informed by Netanyahu not US intel. thenationalnews.com/opinion/commen…

There's not a wasted word in this Hussein Ibish piece in The National

A high-level delegation from Iran has just arrived in Oman, probably signaling Tehran’s efforts to placate the Trump administration with concessions and even some form of capitulation tolerable to them in order to prevent Washington from joining Israel’s devastating attacks.

“Now the madman with a gun is Israel, it’s not Iran,” said ⁦Mohammed Baharoon⁩ , the head of B’huth, a Dubai research center. “I haven’t seen any other state, other than Israel, who doesn’t want the war to stop.” Well said!!!!!! nytimes.com/2025/06/18/wor…