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F/A-18F Super Hornet lands on USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, 30 January 2026, U.S. Navy public-domain photo by Seaman Hannah Tross, edited for Washington Eye cover

Conservative Restraint After Iran: The Cost of a War Without an Endpoint

USS Bataan (LHD 5) transits the Strait of Hormuz at sunset, 29 October 2011, U.S. Navy public-domain photo, edited for Washington Eye cover

A Good Deal, Not a Perfect One: Why Qatar’s Mediation Between Washington and Tehran Stalled

Artificial Intelligence Conflict

Iran Threatens Gulf Oil and AI Facilities if US and Israeli Attacks Resume

Conflict Featured

Strait of Hormuz Crisis Deepens as US Rejects Iran’s Reopening Plan

Military United Nations

For the First Time in Two Decades, UN Nuclear Watchdog Sends Iran Case to Security Council 

Conflict Gulf

Gulf Pressure Points: Examining American Claims of a New Iran-Aligned Network

Geopolitics Politics

U.S. Sanctions Turkish Bank in New Push to Constrain Iran

Economy Energy

Bessent Says Strait of Hormuz Could Become “Worthless” as U.S. Presses Iran Economically

Business Conflict

Iraq Tests the Reach of U.S. Pressure on Iran’s Trading Partners

Diplomacy Economy

Pakistan’s Tehran Mission Tests Whether Diplomacy Can Outrun Economic Escalation

Diplomacy Immigration

ICE’s Quiet Diplomacy Behind U.S. Deportation Flights to Iran

Conflict Energy

Iran’s Red Sea Deterrence: Houthis Positioned at the Heart of A Global Chokepoint

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