Iran

On September 9, AGSI hosted a discussion on Gulf infrastructure development post-Iran war.

On September 2, AGSI hosted a discussion on the new U.S. sanctions against Iran.

A coordinated strategy with allies, alongside sustained military and economic pressure, can help the United States end the conflict with Iran in a way that stabilizes the region, restores freedom of navigation, and prevents Tehran from becoming a nuclear power.

As the September deadline for the U.S. troop drawdown approaches, Iraq’s period of comfortable neutrality is ending, but the country’s policymakers should not rush into unsustainable alignments.

After U.S.-Israeli strikes killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28, Iran’s collective leadership has concluded that the best defense is a good offense.

The war between the United States and Iran revealed the vulnerability of static U.S. bases, while also showcasing Gulf Arab states’ capacity – bolstered with U.S. hardware and training – to intercept most Iranian strikes on their own, raising new questions about U.S.-Gulf security partnerships.

Wartime pressure has temporarily aligned the leadership’s overriding interest in regime survival, even as its members continue to differ over the costs, methods, and ultimate objectives of the war.

Hitting the systems that keep Gulf populations supplied with water and power is a threshold Iran now appears willing to cross.