United States Institute of Peace

The Iran Primer

Persian Gulf

Panetta: New U.S. Strategy to Counter Iran

            On December 18, Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta outlined a new U.S.

Striking Iran: An Avoidable Disaster?

            Iran’s most advanced missiles cannot reliably reach Israel, according to a new study by the Middle East Pol

Part I: How Would Iran Fight Back?

Alireza Nader

The Limits on U.S. Military Options

On Sept.6, Anthony Cordesman and Abdullah Toukan of the Center for Strategic and International Studies released a report assessing U.S. military options in Iran. It noted that U.S.

Iran Ratchets Up Tensions over Gulf Islands

Ted Wynne 
 
Longstanding tensions between Iran and its Arab neighbors are intensifying because of rival territorial claims over three strategic isl

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