Iran

Here’s how Washington and Brussels can come to a compromise.

Trump lowers the rhetoric, sends Pompeo to Riyadh.

On the podcast: Wendy Sherman recounts the grueling path to the Iran nuclear deal.

The United States needs to keep Europe on board, go beyond sanctions, and ensure lasting bipartisan support for its new policy.

Norway—and Oman—can help end the impasse over Iran sanctions by creating an externally-managed and guaranteed oil fund.

As the economic noose tightens on the Iranian economy, smugglers will thrive and the IRGC will be the first to profit.

In the social media age, what you share is deciding what happens on the battlefield.

After being snubbed his entire career, the national security advisor’s fierce unilateralism has at last become U.S. policy. But even he can’t stop Trump from making deals.

Washington has left a vacuum in the Middle East, letting U.S. allies do as they please—no matter how high the body count.

Legally, the U.S. has to use troops there to fight the Islamic State. But the White House wants them to deter Iran.

After a strike on a military parade, nationalist sentiment is on the rise—and not a moment too soon for a government that was facing deepening discontent.

Europe’s frantic efforts to save the nuclear pact at the U.N. probably won’t work.

And draws a rare laugh from world leaders while boasting of his accomplishments.

More pressure on Tehran won’t work. Here’s what Trump should really do.

The short answer: Looming shortfalls from Venezuela and Iran.

Despite mounting violence, the United States will continue supporting airstrikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

Washington is levying more tariffs, leaving Beijing to retaliate in other painful ways, from Iran to North Korea.

Iraq’s Kurdish kingmakers used to side with Washington. Now, Tehran seems like a more attractive partner.

Germany and France complain that the U.S. is abusing sanctions power to bully even its allies.

Tehran’s course is set by a shadowy figure behind the scenes—not the leaders who talk to the West.