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Who Will Be Iran’s Next Supreme Leader?

If the succession process can be carried out as Khamenei intended, it will likely bring a hardliner into power.

    • Eric Lob

    Eric Lob

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Turkey Has Two Key Interests in the Iran Conflict

    Alper Coşkun

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Bombing Campaigns Do Not Bring About Democracy. Nor Does Regime Change Without a Plan.

    Marwan Muasher

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Iran Is Pushing Its Neighbors Toward the United States

    Amr Hamzawy

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The Gulf Monarchies Are Caught Between Iran’s Desperation and the U.S.’s Recklessness
    • Andrew Leber

    Andrew Leber

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What We Know About Drone Use in the Iran War

    Steve Feldstein, Dara Massicot

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