The Treaty Trump Has a Problem: How Iran Won the War It Was Losing — Without Firing Most of Its Missiles Iran lost the war militarily — and may have won the negotiation anyway. US intelligence reportedly believes Iran can now shut the Strait of... Jack BuckbyJune 20, 2026
Dollars and Sense Iran Now Sees the Strait of Hormuz as a Cash Cow — and the Toll-Free Deal May Not Last Iran now sees the Strait of Hormuz as a cash cow, one scholar argues — and the real danger of Trump's toll-free deal is... Michael RubinJune 20, 2026
The Treaty The Iran Deal Almost Collapsed in Just One Day A day that nearly blew up the Iran deal ended with a ceasefire. After a Hezbollah tank strike killed four Israeli soldiers and Israel... Jack BuckbyJune 19, 2026
The Treaty Trump Got His Iran Deal — and His Approval Rating Is Still Stuck at 36% and Crashing Trump has his signed Iran deal — but the political win isn't materializing. A new poll puts his approval at 36 percent, barely moved,... Jack BuckbyJune 19, 2026
The Treaty Donald Trump Isn’t Looking for the Perfect Iran Deal. He’s Looking for an Exit He Can Sell Trump may bomb Iran again — but the likelier outcome, this analysis argues, is that he takes a thin deal, calls it a win,... Andrew LathamJune 19, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More After the Iran Deal: Why U.S. Central Command Must Keep Its Forces in Place This Summer The United States and Iran have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to end the war — but the agreement depends on enforcement. National security... Rebecca GrantJune 18, 2026
Dollars and Sense Goldman Sachs Says the Strait of Hormuz May Never Fully Recover — and the Gulf Is Already Building Around It Goldman Sachs says the Strait of Hormuz may never fully recover — and the Gulf isn't waiting to find out. The UAE and Saudi... Steve BalestrieriJune 18, 2026
The Treaty The Poison Pill Inside Trump’s Iran Deal: a Lebanon Ceasefire in a War America Isn’t Even Part Of A Lebanon Ceasefire is Just a Poison Pill: Having signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Iran, President Donald Trump is triumphant in rhetoric. While... Michael RubinJune 18, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Trump Has a Problem He Can’t Solve: The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Isn’t Over Just Yet The signed Iran deal opens the Strait of Hormuz "without charge" — for 60 days only. After that, the text hands the strait's future... Jack BuckbyJune 17, 2026