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Alex Vatanka
Can Yet More Sanctions Force Iran to Capitulate?
August 28, 2026
Alex Vatanka
and
Kerry Boyd Anderson
An Already Frail Ceasefire with Iran Collapses
July 9, 2026
Alex Vatanka
and
Nicole Wiley
Bonus In Brief: Choke Point: The Risks and Realities of America’s Iran Blockade
April 15, 2026
Emma Salisbury
,
Jennifer Parker
,
Alex Vatanka
,
Yun Sun
, and
Alessio Patalano
Diplomats at the Table, Warships at Sea
February 17, 2026
Alex Vatanka
and
Kerry Boyd Anderson
How We Arrived at this Iranian Moment and What Happens Next
February 5, 2026
Alex Vatanka
,
Holly Dagres
,
Naysan Rafati
,
Kerry Boyd Anderson
, and
Ryan Evans
Iran on the Brink
January 26, 2026
Alex Vatanka
and
Kerry Boyd Anderson
Protests and Crackdown: Implications for Iran
January 21, 2026
Alex Vatanka
,
Roham Alvandi
,
Nima Gerami
, and
Nicole Grajewski
In Brief: Foreign Policy Surprises in Trump’s First 100 Days
April 29, 2025
Kori Schake
,
Patricia Kim
,
Max Bergmann
,
Alex Vatanka
, and
Jeremy Shapiro
In Brief: How Öcalan’s Call to Disarm the PKK Will Affect the Middle East
March 18, 2025
Gönül Tol
,
Aron Lund
,
Denise Natali
, and
Alex Vatanka
In Brief: Further Escalation Between Iran and Israel
April 10, 2024
Alex Vatanka
,
Mona Yacoubian
,
Michael Koplow
,
Naysan Rafati
, and
Hanin Ghaddar
In Brief: Escalation with Iran
February 7, 2024
Afshon Ostovar
,
Negar Mortazavi
, and
Alex Vatanka
Gulf States Should Push Iran to Get Serious About Lowering Tensions
October 13, 2023
Alex Vatanka
In Brief: The Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh
September 27, 2023
Richard Giragosian
,
Alex Vatanka
, and
Pinar Sayan
