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Michael Scott Doran

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By Michael Doran Verified, William McCants
| Foreign Affairs Verified
MICHAEL SCOTT DORAN is a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, where he leads the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East. During the George W. Bush administration, he served as Senior Director for the Near East and North Africa at the National Security Council and as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. A former Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, he is the author of Ike’s Gamble: America’s Rise to Dominance in the Middle East.
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The American Deal with Iran Isn’t a Grand Capitulation

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By Michael Doran Verified
| Poetry and Prayer
Editors’ Pick June 22, 2026 The Islamic Republic is much weaker than it was. To Michael Doran, the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding (MOU) that was finalized in Switzerland yesterday raises some serious red flags, but such terms as “surrender, appeasement, and capitulation” don’t describe it properly.
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Trump Got Us Here Out of Strength, Not Weakness

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By Michael Doran Verified
| The Free Press Verified
Trump Got Us Here Out of Strength, Not Weakness Iranian demonstrators wave national flags and hold a portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei during a pro-government rally in southern Tehran, Iran, on April 17, 2026. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Despite the concessions made to Iran, Trump shattered the regime’s military infrastructure, halted its uranium enrichment, and degraded Hezbollah. Now there is time to prepare for a bigger victory.
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