Preparing for a New Cuba Will Require an Enterprise Fund
For over six decades, Cuba has been viewed as frozen in time: a closed, sclerotic regime with an economy in perpetual crisis and a people forced to innovate for survival. That image is outdated. The regime is fragile, its command economy exhausted, and amid the intensifying 2026 energy crisis—severe blackouts, fuel rationing, and economic paralysis […]
The Impact of Middle East Upheaval on Ukraine
The geopolitical landscape of February 2026 is marked by overlapping conflicts, and the ongoing war between the United States and Iran will have profound consequences for the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Tensions in the Middle East have reached dangerous levels. A direct conflict involving Iran will not remain confined to one theater. It is diverting Western […]
What Led to the Strikes in Iran: Israel and the New Strategic Reality in the Middle East
With the combined American and Israeli strikes against Iran on 28 February 2026 the Middle East has entered a new strategic phase. Military operations, in this respect, were the continuation of events during the past two and a half years — from October 7 onward — which have not merely reshaped tactical realities; they have […]
REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN: HOW AND TO WHAT?
In a recent essay in this journal, “Regime Change in Iran Is a Strategic Imperative,” Gen. Yosi Kuperwasser argued for eliminating and replacing the current government in Iran. He wrote, The phrase “regime change” is often treated as reckless. It should be understood instead as strategic realism. A Middle East is which Iran is governed […]
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 […]
The Myth of the Multipolar World
“Who needs allies?,” asked the cover of Foreign Affairs last summer. Adorned by an American Eagle, the title question was intentionally sarcastic, implying that American foreign policy simply cannot proceed alone. The issue’s contents, authored by a tired round-up of familiar names from the former foreign policy establishment, either derided notions of American unilateralism outright […]
India–Israel: A Strategic Convergence in a Changing World
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the Knesset represents a strategic inflection point in the evolution of India–Israel relations. Beyond symbolism, the visit signals the maturation of a partnership that increasingly bridges the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East — anchoring cooperation in defense, innovation, and shared democratic resilience at a moment when regional balances are […]
Regime Change in Tehran Is a Strategic Imperative
The debate over Iran has long revolved around tactics: sanctions or engagement, containment or deterrence, military strikes or diplomatic agreements. These discussions, while important, obscure a more fundamental reality. The challenge posed by Iran is not merely about enrichment levels, missile ranges, or proxy networks. It is about the nature of the regime itself. The […]
What If the War Made Khamenei Strategically Flexible?
Among Iran hawks, there is confidence that talks between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran will collapse. Iran, they reckon, will reject the Trump administration’s demands, namely, disarmament of the nuclear program, missile program, and proxies. In his four decades of rule, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has never shown strategic flexibility, and […]
India and Israel: Strategic Convergence in a Changing World
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to visit Israel, for the first time since 2017, and to address the Knesset for the first time ever, is a significant milestone in the emergence of what his long-time Israeli partner, Binyamin Netanyahu, calls a “tremendous alliance”: an overstatement, perhaps, insofar as the two nations are not formally allied […]
