In this piece Maria Fantappie and I explain Saudi Arabia's deliberate wait-and-see approach to the war, and how that could lay the foundation for Iran-Saudi relations and a new post-war regional security arrangement www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/...
My interview with Democracy Now on the Gulf of Distrust separating US and Iran ahead of talks youtu.be/Y0j0AQqhri0?...
. @valinasr.bsky.social on Iran's strategic approach to the war:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZA8...
As US and Iran prepare for the next round of negotiations this is an important examination of how the two sides can resolve outstanding differences and find a path to future de-escalation and even resolution of their decades-long conflict. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
I told New Yorker Iran is today led by a leadership who didn’t believe that Khamenei’s restraint actually protected Iran. They think Khamenei was wrong, and that his stance invited the current aggression that they are facing. They’re more willing to take risks.
I told New Yorker Iran is today led by a leadership who didn’t believe that Khamenei’s restraint actually protected Iran. They think Khamenei was wrong, and that his stance invited the current aggression that they are facing. They’re more willing to take risks.
important take by Hamidreza Azizi on the implications of Iran war for Shia politics and future of Axis of Resistance www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/what-ir...
I told Financial Times that Iranians have never said they will not negotiate over their nuclear program like they’ve said we'll never negotiate over missiles. Nuclear program has always been up for negotiation. www.ft.com/content/ac5a...
Islamabad talks did not get to a deal over trust. Iran wants to make sure a deal will implemented and US will not walk away from it after Iran hands over its enriched Uranium and opens the Strait. U.S. wants both right away Iran wants first war to be definitively over and guarantees around the deal
told New York Times the size & composition of Iran’s delegation shows “that they have not come to stonewall,” but with full authority and seriousness to reach a deal with US. They might have advanced in talks further than publicly known during back-channel messaging.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/w...
The “US's stature as a singular outside superpower that can impose security for the region, particularly provide a security shield to its allies, has been shattered," @valinasr.bsky.social tells DAWN's @omidmemarian.bsky.social.
The full interview on the war with Iran: dawnmena.org/a-war-launch...
Interesting take by Mohammad Atai’s, arguing the war has made reviving Axis of Resistance a priority for Iran www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-...
That it took China to compel Iran to accept ceasefire means China will also be a key part of the next phase and a potential final deal. And that Iran was far from having been bullied by Trump’s rhetoric into the ceasefire www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/w...
That it took China to compel Iran to accept ceasefire means China will also be a key part of the next phase and a potential final deal. And that Iran was far from having been bullied by Trump’s rhetoric into the ceasefire www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/w...
Israel's systematic bombing of Iran's key industrial infrastructure, steel works, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals... is designed to destroy Iran's economy, prevent post-war reconstruction, setting the country on the path to becoming a failed state www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/w...
Israel's systematic bombing of Iran's key industrial infrastructure, steel works, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals... is designed to destroy Iran's economy, prevent post-war reconstruction, setting the country on the path to becoming a failed state www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/w...
My talk at Princeton University on reasons for Iran’s resilience and root causes of the war youtu.be/YW75VV3JsH8?...
My talk at Princeton University on reasons for Iran’s resilience and root causes of the war youtu.be/YW75VV3JsH8?...
I told Michelle Goldberg of NYT: “this is no longer a war on the Islamic republic or its missiles or its nuclear facility. This is a war on the country. This is about turning Iran into a failed state.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/o...
I talked to Wall Stree Journal about why the Strait of Hormuz matters so much to the endgame of this war “To the Iranians, the Strait of Hormuz now perhaps matters more than the nuclear program. The nuclear program didn’t provide them with any deterrence,” the Strait can
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
The speech didn’t hit the mark: Europe’s diesel futures benchmark hits $200 the highest level since 2022 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
For Iranians under fire, surges of patriotism and criticism of the government. foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/01/i...
Asli Aydintasbas has an excellent essay, drawing on Britain's experience trying to force the Dardanelles during WWI to warn of the dangers of US plans to forcibly open the Strait of Hormuz. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/o...
Yonatan Touval on the failure of imagination that has been driving Iran war: Is It 1914 in America? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/o...
As the war is poised to escalate, my conversation with Money Macro on what does Iran want youtu.be/AcOipZsj0oE?...
As the war is poised to escalate, my conversation with Money Macro on what does Iran want youtu.be/AcOipZsj0oE?...
