On March 7, President Donald Trump disclosed he had written to Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ali Khamenei, offering negotiations to eliminate Iran’s nuclear program. Khamenei has publicly rejected these overtures, but Iran’s supreme leader has a…
Executive Summary: On March 15, President Donald Trump authorized an air campaign in Yemen following Houthi aggression in the Red Sea, and U.S. forces continue to carry out daily strikes. Accusing the Houthis of acting on behalf of Iran as…
As President Donald Trump edges closer to potentially bombing Tehran, Iran, the intelligence community does not yet believe Iran is moving toward a nuclear weapon. “If they don’t do a deal, there will be bombing,” Trump said Sunday. It was not clear…
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkey remains mostly unchanged—cracking down on political opposition at home while seeking a bigger role on the world stage—yet its relationship with the United States might be shifting. On March 26, Secretary of State Marco…