Breaking the Architecture of Iran’s Regime Power
As the United States moves to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restore freedom of navigation, Washington must not lose sight of the larger strategic reality: Hormuz is not the core issue. It is the latest instrument of Iranian blackmail. The Islamic Republic of Iran has long mastered the politics of manipulation. It uses propaganda […]
The Crown’s Moral Voice: King Charles in Washington and the Test of Western Clarity
There are moments in diplomacy when ceremony is not decoration, but strategy by other means. King Charles III’s visit to Washington belonged to that category. It came not at a quiet moment in Anglo-American relations, but at a moment of visible strain between Washington and London — above all over Iran, the Middle East, and […]
Lebanon and Israel Have Opened a Historic Door. Washington Must Not Let Iran Shut It
What happened at the U.S. State Department was not a routine diplomatic encounter. It was a strategic moment of rare consequence. Lebanese and Israeli representatives sat down in direct talks under American auspices, breaking through a political and psychological barrier that for decades had seemed immovable. In a region disfigured by war, proxy violence, fear, […]
The Iran War’s First Lesson: American Leadership, Israeli Resolve
The first lesson of this war is not only about Iran. It is also about the strategic depth, moral seriousness, and resilience of the relationship between the United States and Israel. For too long, some have tried to interpret that relationship through the narrow lens of domestic politics, short-term interests, or tactical expediency. This war […]
Iran at a Strategic Turning Point
For many years, I have argued that a political system built on internal repression and external confrontation cannot sustain durable legitimacy or long-term strategic credibility. A state that governs through fear at home while exporting instability abroad ultimately confronts the accumulated costs of that contradiction. No system can indefinitely suppress its society while destabilizing its […]
Iran at the Edge: Pressure, Transition, and the Responsibility of Clarity
Maximum Pressure Is a Strategy — Not a Spectacle In a recent interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News, Reza Pahlavi — son of the late Shah of Iran — spoke about the brutal repression inside Iran, where protesters are executed, dissidents are silenced, and a generation lives under the constant shadow of state violence. […]
Iran, Time, and the Test of Diplomacy
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrival in Washington this week is not a routine diplomatic engagement. It comes at a moment of strategic significance , as the United States resumes indirect negotiations with Iran under Omani mediation and reassesses its broader posture. Any serious discussion of Iran must begin with reality, not aspiration. The Islamic Republic […]
Yemen Is Not a Gulf Rivalry—It Is a Test of Whether Extremism Can Be Contained
For years, Yemen has been misread in Washington and beyond as a peripheral conflict driven primarily by Gulf rivalries, regional egos, or tactical miscalculations among partners. This interpretation is not only incomplete—it is strategically dangerous. Yemen is not a sideshow of Middle Eastern politics; it is a frontline theater in a broader struggle over whether […]
A Father’s Cry, a Nation’s Future
There are moments when abstraction collapses under the weight of lived reality—when a single human voice compels strategy to confront morality. Such a moment emerged when a letter written by an Iranian father, living inside Iran and addressed to Jared Kushner, circulated widely across the Abraham TV platforms, reaching more than 27 million viewers. Devoid […]
The Iranian People Will Not Be Silenced
JST publisher Ahmed Charai has a message for the brave protestors in Iran.
The Middle East at a Moment of Strategic Choice
Some media commentators were quick to dismiss Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting this week with President Donald J. Trump, depicting it as driven by domestic politics, legal pressures, or media optics. But that is a mistake. This meeting comes at a time of profound regional fragility and converging pressures. On one front lies Iran’s aggressive […]
No Stabilization in Gaza Without Dismantling Hamas
It is time to confront one of the most dangerous illusions of our time: the belief that the International Stabilization Force for Gaza can bring order, reconstruction, or peace without dismantling Hamas.
