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
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More President Trump Is Already Threatening a New Iran War Washington has released the full signed Iran deal — a 14-point agreement that freezes Tehran's nuclear program without forcing it to give it up.... Jack BuckbyJune 17, 2026
Dollars and Sense ‘We Run Out of Reserves in About 4 Weeks’: Why Donald Trump Had to Take the Iran Deal Trump just admitted what drove the Iran deal: "We run out of reserves in about four weeks." Staying at war, he warned, could have... Jack BuckbyJune 17, 2026
The Treaty Running Out of Oil and Missiles: Why Donald Trump Had to Take the Iran Deal The Iran deal will be sold as peace through strength, but two numbers tell a different story: America's strategic oil reserve has fallen to... Harry J. KazianisJune 17, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More ‘In the Middle of Their Head’: Donald Trump Just Threatened to Bomb Iran Again Before the deal is even signed, Trump warned Iran: "We'll go right back to dropping bombs." He also denied the U.S. would fund Iran's... Steve BalestrieriJune 17, 2026