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See how the neocon analysis works: Iran is simultaneously rational enough to prioritize regime survival if bombed but suicidal enough to build and use a Nuke against a state with first and second strike nuclear capability.

All articles in Middle East Policy special issue The Israel-Iran War are free to read without a subscription. Thomas Juneau Emir Hadzikadunic Trita Parsi Shibley Telhami Mark N. Katz Stephen Zunes and many more onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.111…

Link to a very timely review of my #book: "The World Powers and #Iran: Before, During and After the #Nuclear Deal" In a special issue now available for the next four weeks to subscribers Middle East Policy Council onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/me…

Grateful that I got a chance be on the podcast of Israel's Channel 12. At a time where our two nations were at war, speaking as an Iranian to Israel's mainstream media mattered a lot to me open.spotify.com/episode/45E20y…

War hawks will now try to exploit this report as an argument for more war. The only way to assure Iran does not have nukes is through negotiated deal. Yes, Trump's dragging was typical Trump - not fact-based. But he chose to use it to end fighting, not expand it - a good thing!

Israeli settlers reportedly set fire to a Palestinian home in the village of Susya, located in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank

"Abu Dhabi seeks to present itself to the West as a stable alternative to an increasingly rogue Israel, where defense cooperation and capital can flourish" 972mag.com/uae-israel-iso…

New article, free to read! Emir Hadzikadunic and Marko Ćuže use a game-theoretic model explore how Netanyahu perceives Israel’s post-October 7 adversaries and its own capabilities. Part of special issue, The Israel-Iran War. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/me…

'It's a killing field': IDF soldiers ordered to shoot at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Middle East Policy summer issue just published! Featuring Thomas Juneau on Iran, Guy Ziv on how Israeli reservists challenge Netanyahu, Emir Hadzikadunic on Netanyahu’s perceptions, Dr.Rasim Koç's interviews with Syria's HTS and its backers, and many more. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754967/2…

Free to read! Gawdat Bahgat’s assessment of Iran’s ballistic missiles demonstrates their importance to Tehran and shows why “the broad regional military balance needs to be negotiated.” Part of Middle East Policy's special issue, The Israel-Iran War. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/me…

Free to read, even without a subscription! Trita Parsi analyzes the Israel-Iran "avoidable war," argues for comprehensive, US-brokered talks to curb incentives for Tehran's aggressive stance. Archival piece in our special issue. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.…

NEW: US contractors fired toward crowds of starving Palestinians at Gaza aid sites where hundreds of civilians have been killed. The Americans are “often unqualified, unvetted, heavily armed and seemed to have an open license to do whatever they wished.” apnews.com/article/palest…

Free to read, a deep dive into the Middle East Policy archive! Shibley Telhami examines Israeli foreign policy after the Gulf War, contending that "the dependence of its Zionist dream on outside support" requires "tough choices." Has this changed? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.…

"Ironically, just as Israel emerged at the pinnacle of its military superiority, its economic vulnerability and the dependence of its Zionist dream on outside support became glaringly obvious." This could have been written today but I wrote this in 1992.