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Apr 2, 2026

Kroenig published in The DailyWire on US options in Iran

By Atlantic Council

On April 1, Atlantic Council vice president and Scowcroft Center senior director Matthew Kroenig was published in The DailyWire on the Trump administration's options in Iran, arguing that the US has achieved its core objectives and should consider withdrawal.

Iran Security & Defense

Dispatches

Apr 2, 2026

Iran-backed militias are destroying Iraq. Baghdad must take them on.

By Victoria J. Taylor 

Iraq cannot continue like this, with drones and rockets menacing the country, and militias assassinating and kidnapping activists and journalists.

Conflict Iran

Podcast

Apr 2, 2026

So, what was President Biden’s grand strategy?

By the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Host Matthew Kroenig is joined by Rebecca Lissner, a senior fellow for US Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, to discuss President Joe Biden’s grand strategy while in office. Did his administration have a grand strategy, and does President Donald Trump have one in his second term? Rebecca most recently served as deputy assistant to the president and principal deputy national security advisor to the vice president in the Biden-Harris administration.

Security & Defense United States

UkraineAlert

Apr 1, 2026

Europe has the resources to contain Russia but lacks the political will

By Oleksiy Zagorodnyuk

Europe unquestionably possesses the industrial and economic base to outmatch Russia but has yet to demonstrate the unity and political will necessary to contain the Kremlin and stop Putin in Ukraine, writes Oleksiy Zagorodnyuk.

Conflict Defense Industry

UkraineAlert

Apr 1, 2026

Ukraine’s military success is exposing the myth of inevitable Russian victory

By Kateryna Odarchenko

The Kremlin is promoting the idea of inevitable Russian victory in Ukraine as part of efforts to deter further support for Kyiv, but this narrative is being undermined by mounting Ukrainian military successes, writes Kateryna Odarchenko.

Conflict Disinformation

In the News

Apr 1, 2026

Saab in War on the Rocks on possible US seizure of Kharg Island

By Atlantic Council

On April 1, Bilal Saab, nonresident senior fellow with Forward Defense, published a piece in War on the Rocks assessing the feasibility and strategic risks of a potential US Marine seizure of Iran’s Kharg Island amid the ongoing US-Iran war.

Conflict Iran

Dispatches

Apr 1, 2026

Trump’s path forward on Iran will determine US-Israeli war alignment

By Daniel B. Shapiro, Cleary Waldo

The US president faces three main options: pursue a negotiated off-ramp, adopt an ongoing attrition strategy, or “escalate to de-escalate” militarily. 

Conflict Iran

MENASource

Apr 1, 2026

The US should rethink Iran as a Southwest Asia challenge

By Mike Schoengold Beatty

Conventional instinct to treat Iran as another Iraq or Yemen risks misallocating resources and missing the real challenges ahead.

Iran Security & Defense

UkraineAlert

Mar 31, 2026

Zelenskyy’s Gulf region tour was a masterclass in wartime diplomacy

By Peter Dickinson

As the Iran War focuses global attention on the Middle East, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to the Gulf region in late March on a whirlwind tour that showcased Ukraine’s growing military strength and geopolitical clout, writes Peter Dickinson.

Conflict Defense Technologies

TURKEYSource

Mar 31, 2026

Could Turkey help mediate an end to the Iran war?

By Matthew Bryza

As US President Donald Trump searches for a way to exit the US-Israeli war against Iran, Turkey could be a useful mediator between the warring parties.

Conflict Iran

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