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After the Iran War: Regional Devastation and Future Instability

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By Marc Lynch
| Arab Center Washington DC
The ferocity of the US-Israeli war with Iran that began on February 28, 2026, has given way to a shaky ceasefire, desultory negotiations, and competing blockades of the Strait of Hormuz. The debate in Washington now revolves around who won and who lost, the political impact of high gas prices, the uncertain future of US relations with the Gulf states, and the implications of long-term Iranian control over passage through the Strait.
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Why Israel’s Post-Oct. 7 Security Doctrine Has Failed

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By Marc Lynch
| Foreign Policy Magazine Verified
On April 11, as a tenuous cease-fire took hold between the United States and Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video claiming “historic achievements” for his war strategy. But critics at home and abroad saw things differently. Israel’s deadly April 8 strike on central Beirut—labeled “Bloody Wednesday” by horrified Lebanese—came in open defiance of the U.S.-Iranian cease-fire.
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On the Iran War, a Deep Disconnect Between Experts and Policymakers

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By Marc Lynch, Shibley Telhami
| Foreign Policy Magazine Verified
Many Americans opposed going to war against Iran, including some Republican voters, but among academics who study the Middle East, the opposition was overwhelming. Only 5 percent of academic experts polled in the days leading up to the Feb. 28 U.S.-Israeli attacks supported launching a war and only 1 percent thought that a broad assault would produce a pro-American democratic regime in Iran.
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