Issues
Geopolitics
The forces shaping global power and security, from defense and security issues to the strategic competition, alliances, and regional dynamics influencing the global order.
Issues
The forces shaping global power and security, from defense and security issues to the strategic competition, alliances, and regional dynamics influencing the global order.
Commentary
How Could Iran Happen? An Autopsy.
"The administration gutted the country’s institutions, and the United States is left trying to bargain for an outcome worse than the prewar status quo," Council Vice President of Research for Security and Defense Ariane Tabatabai and Julia Curlee write.
The Next Defining Moment of the Iran War
Six months into the war against Iran, the Trump administration has realized its strategy isn’t working. Will economic measures succeed where military operations failed?