Click here to download the JINSA Insight. Executive Summary Without actually closing the Strait of Hormuz or denying the sea to the U.S. Navy, Iran has brought Gulf shipping nearly to a halt and upended the global economy. Despite President…

Click here to download the JINSA Insight Washington appears to have decided, at least for now, against formally partnering with Iran’s Kurdish opposition. Early reports of preliminary U.S. intelligence contact with Iranian Kurdish groups have gone quiet. No formal engagement…

Click here to download the JINSA Insight I. Executive Summary The joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign, Operation Epic Fury (United States) and Operation Roaring Lion (Israel), is accomplishing its primary kinetic objectives, including the confirmed death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah…

Click here to download the JINSA Insight U.S. support for and cooperation with Iranian Kurdish groups against the Islamic Republic could be an effective tool in further weakening the regime and creating the conditions for its collapse. However, it also…