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ARVAMUS I osa Kliimaaktivistid püüavad Ameerika valitsust veenda oma energiaeelisest vabatahtlikult loobuma. Hiina ja kliimaaktivistide vahel on tekkinud liit. Rahastusahelad on keerulised ning raha jälitamine algsest annetajast kuni lõpliku saajani on rakse.
As America Gains the Upper Hand in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran Is Taking the War to Iraq
Editors’ Pick October 5, 2026 The war shifts from sea to land. Washington’s strategy in the Persian Gulf is paying off, and Iran’s leverage there is turning into a liability under the U.S. blockade, argues Michael Doran. Now, he writes, Tehran will likely try to take advantage of the American withdrawal from Iraq to launch attacks from there. Washington’s strategy in the Persian Gulf is paying off, and Iran’s leverage there is turning into a liability under the U.S. blockade, argues Michael Doran.
Where Does the Iran War Go Next?
On September 29, President Donald Trump and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), commanded by Major General Ahmad Vahidi, each claimed victory. At the White House, Trump said Iran was “failing very badly” and the war would be “over with very, very soon.” Oil prices, he promised, would tumble back to where they had been before “that little excursion to the Islamic Republic of Iran.” The same day in Tehran, Vahidi’s IRGC delivered the opposite verdict.
China and the Climate-Change-Palestine Convergence
Editors’ Pick September 22, 2026 Can you care about the environment without hating Israel? In the past few years, write Michael Doran and Brenda Shaffer, climate activism in the West has become “tightly joined” with the anti-Israel movement, with environmental organizations increasingly putting the war in Gaza at the top of their agendas: Get the best Jewish ideas and conversations. $10/month. Subscribe now Already subscribed?
China’s Net Zero Advantage
In its competition with China, the United States holds a natural advantage: abundant oil and cheap natural gas. Reliable energy powers factories, data centers, transportation networks, and military operations. It lets the United States combine technological innovation with industrial scale, an advantage that China, dependent on imported oil and gas, cannot easily reproduce. But China has found a partial answer: the Net Zero movement.
Trump Is Charting a New Course on Iran
Trump Is Charting a New Course on Iran President Donald Trump looks on as he speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on August 21, 2026. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) Some of the president’s critics accuse him of becoming Obama on Iran; others warn he risks becoming Bush. His actions tell a different story—one of siege, not retreat or conquest. The war with Iran has now passed its six-month mark.
Making Sense of the U.S. Siege of Iran
Editors’ Pick September 3, 2026 Between capitulation and all-out-war. Evaluating the Trump administration’s strategy in the confrontation with Iran, Michael Doran argues that major escalation might fail to compel Tehran to capitulate and brings with it possible dangerous consequences.
Trump's Third Way - Tablet Magazine
Lindsey Graham and Donald Trump agreed on the objective: an Islamic Republic stripped of its nuclear program and of the power to hold the region hostage. But they frequently disagreed about how to make Tehran yield. Graham never wavered. More force, he recommended. Three weeks into the war, the senator revealed the advice he had given the president: “Keep it up for a few more weeks, take Kharg Island ... [and] let this regime die on the vine.” In May, he put the theory plainly: “Hurt them more.
What the U.S. and Iran Are Fighting Over
What the U.S. and Iran Are Fighting Over President Donald Trump appears at a press conference at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on July 8, 2026. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) The terms of a deal to end the war are being thrashed out in the skies above the Strait of Hormuz. General Ahmad Vahidi has a talent for getting under Donald Trump’s skin.
It Will Take More Than a Few Bombs to Get Iran to Back Down
Editors’ Pick July 15, 2026 A broad view of the ongoing war. Yesterday, the U.S. military announced that it is reinstating a blockade of Iranian ports in the Persian Gulf, as it continued to strike targets throughout the country. The Treasury Department also introduced new sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Meanwhile, Iran attacked Kuwait and Bahrain with missiles and drones.
EVTOL success depends on pilot training
Home › UAVs By Michael Doran •Jul 13, 2026 If the industry forecasts for electric eVTOLS had been fulfilled then by now we would be catching air taxis in major cities all around the world, stepping from a commercial jet at Changi airport and being whisked away to downtown Singapore in a matter of minutes. However, while progress has been made and the entrepreneurs are churning out confident press releases, there are still many hurdles to overcome.
Cybersecurity of Radiation Detection Devices: A Proof-of-Concept Attack
Abstract The integrity of radiation detection systems is critical to maintaining a robust security posture for critical infrastructure. However, as modernization introduces advanced digital capabilities, these systems become increasingly susceptible to cyber threats. Cyberattacks targeting radiation detection devices can have severe consequences for public safety and national security.
Michael Scott Doran
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.
The American Deal with Iran Isn’t a Grand Capitulation
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.
Trump Got Us Here Out of Strength, Not Weakness
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.
Seven Lessons of the Iran War
Revitalizing History One figure haunts the Iran war debate like a ghost. On May 5, on Stephen Colbert’s late-night show, Barack Obama contrasted his diplomatic approach to Iran with Donald Trump’s reliance on military pressure. His nuclear deal, he argued, prevented Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon without war. “We pulled it off without firing a missile,” he said. “We got 97% of their enriched uranium out...
This Is How the Iran War Ends
This Is How the Iran War Ends President Donald Trump delivers a speech about the economy at Rockland Community College Fieldhouse in Suffern, New York, on May 22, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images) With a ceasefire deal ‘largely negotiated,’ Mike Doran talks to a senior administration official who lays out Trump’s two-step plan for peace. Donald Trump now governs between enemies who want him to fail, and allies who demand impossible victories.
America’s Best Bet for a Secure AI Base Is Israel’s Negev
The U.S. is looking at sites in the Jewish state, which is a superpower in all areas of the technology. By Michael Doran and Zineb Riboua Journal Editorial Report: Trump says he'll withdraw more troops. Photo: Claudia Greco/Reuters The U.S. has launched a new phase in the competition with China over artificial intelligence.
FBOs produce the show in APAC
Home › Business Aviation Demand for private aviation services is increasing across Asia-Pacific but within the region it is the Fixed Base Operators (FBOs) on the ground that keep the show on the road By Michael Doran •May 6, 2026 In 2025, business jet departures from the Asia-Pacific region increased by 4.2 percent year-on-year, climbing from 125,479 in 2024 to 130,716 in 2025.
Trump’s Economic Noose for Iran
Trump’s Economic Noose for Iran Iran’s police special forces monitor an area during a pro-government rally in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 12. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Time is on America’s side in the standoff with an increasingly fractured and broke Tehran.
The Mythmaking Around the Iran War
The Mythmaking Around the Iran War President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he prepares to depart from the White House on April 11, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Matt McClain via Getty Images) The progressive left and the isolationist right have found common ground on Iran. They are both wrong.
How Iran Dragged Israel into Its War with America
Editors’ Pick April 15, 2026 Seven myths that need debunking. The feckless responses of London and Paris to Israel’s confrontation with Hizballah can be seen as part of a general failure to understand the wider war of which it is a part: its long- and short-term causes, how it is being fought, and who has the upper hand. Michael Doran seeks to correct seven common myths about these matters. Among them is the notion that the U.S and Israel began the war on February 28: Not bugging out.
Seven Myths About the Iran War
Donald Trump’s actions in the Middle East continually surprise the foreign policy establishment and media elite. According to commentators on both the right and the left, the reason is that Trump is a megalomaniac—or, as Jon Stewart and former U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan recently agreed on The Daily Show, perhaps addicted to cocaine.
Trump Can Deliver a Lasting Victory in Iran. Here’s How.
Trump Can Deliver a Lasting Victory in Iran. Here’s How. A U.S. Navy sailor conducts preflight checks on an F/A-18E Super Hornet aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford in the Eastern Mediterranean on March 2, 2026, during Operation Epic Fury. (U.S. Navy via Getty Images) The president wants an end to the war. But he also knows that a premature exit leaves Iran’s core threat intact.
How to Keep Up the Economic Pressure Against Iran
If the shooting stops and the regime is still in power, the U.S. can still strike at its financial lifeline. Tankers sail in the Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz, March 11. Stringer/Reuters Two different Donald Trumps have appeared before the public in recent days. One suggests that the war in Iran may soon be over.
Trump’s Endgame
President Trump must insist up front on nuclear disarmament, missile elimination, and an end to proxy financing when negotiating with Iran, writes Michael Doran. (Heather Diehl via Getty Images) Through the fog of war, it’s possible to see where all this is heading. The fog of war does not prevent us from peering into the future and catching a glimpse of the exact moment when this conflict will end.
Donald Trump’s Strategy of Decapitation
Donald Trump’s Strategy of Decapitation Whether dead or sheltering deep underground, Ali Khamenei’s status has changed irrevocably. (Illustration by The Free Press, images via Getty) Israel says the ayatollah is dead, and a source with intimate knowledge of the operation says that plans for the ‘day after’ have long been in the works. Black smoke rises from the rubble of Ali Khamenei’s compound in Tehran.
What America Should Demand of Iran
Editors’ Pick February 23, 2026 In the last round of conflict, President Trump didn’t understand how the ayatollah sees war. Devastating though the Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran last June were, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei still claims victory. Michael Doran explains why, and what American can do to achieve more lasting results: Devastating though the Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran last June were, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei still claims victory.
The Ends and Means of Tucker Carlson
The Ends and Means of Tucker Carlson Tucker Carlson attends a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House on January 9, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Al Drago via Getty Images) How the podcaster repackages ethnic grievance as a defense of American sovereignty. Tucker Carlson snookered Mike Huckabee.
Donald Trump’s Iran Trap
President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to the Fort Bragg U.S. Army base on February 13, 2026, in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (Nathan Howard via Getty Images) The U.S. president and Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, are on a collision course. For years, Donald Trump defined himself against the architects of the Iraq War. He cast Middle Eastern interventions as moral vanity projects paid for in American blood and treasure. He promised no more regime change. No more endless wars.
A nightmare scenario for Iran
A nightmare scenario for Iran (washingtonpost.com) A nightmare scenario for Iran By Michael Doran 2026012311460300 With a U.S. carrier strike group slated to arrive in the Middle East this weekend, President Donald Trump will soon decide what to do next with Iran. But first, he must grapple with an unanswerable question: Is Iran a multiethnic nation or a Persian-dominated empire? Even Iranians cannot answer authoritatively. History offers a warning.
Opinion | Hit Iran in Its Shadow Bank Accounts
Dubai-based financial institutions help Tehran escape sanctions. The U.S. has the means to stop it. Whether or not President Trump orders a military strike on Iran, he ought to seize the billions of dollars its rulers have hidden offshore. Freezing these assets could have an effect comparable to military attack—at a fraction of the risk.
Opinion | Hit Iran in Its Shadow Bank Accounts
Dubai-based financial institutions help Tehran escape sanctions. The U.S. has the means to stop it. Review & Outlook: European leaders including NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and the U.K.’s Chief of Defense Staff Richard Knighton are urging voters to make sacrifices to guarantee national security.
America’s Alliance with the Jews, and Its Enemies
Editors’ Pick January 15, 2026 The fake courage of the anti-Semites.
Why the Trump Coalition Is Cracking Up
Why the Trump Coalition Is Cracking Up Donald Trump at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images) Trump is dominating the world stage. But at home, inside the MAGA movement he created, his authority is quietly eroding. This piece was originally published in Tablet. At the start of 2026, Donald Trump should have the wind at his back as he sets out to assure America’s future.
The Jewish Test - Tablet Magazine
Near the Colosseum in Rome stands the Arch of Titus, built by the Emperor Domitian in 81 A.D. to honor his brother as a god. The triumphal monument testifies to the divine power of Titus by memorializing his defeat of the monotheistic Jews 11 years earlier. A relief panel shows legionaries marching in procession, carrying sacred objects looted from the Second Temple during the destruction of Jerusalem: the seven-branched Menorah, the Table of Showbread, the ritual trumpets.
I was a classic tomboy
Original Article Posted By: Hazymac, 1/12/2026 9:09:16 AM Iran is at a crossroads. The largest and most sustained wave of nationwide protests since the "Woman, Life, Freedom" uprising in 2022 and 2023 is now sweeping the country. The current marches may soon eclipse them. What began in late December 2025 as demonstrations over a collapsing currency and rising living costs has spread rapidly across cities and regions.
The Ayatollah’s Regime Is Crumbling
The Ayatollah’s Regime Is Crumbling The Islamic Republic is dying. It will not emerge from 2026 with its authority, cohesion, or capacity preserved. (IRANIAN LEADER PRESS OFFICE/Anadolu via Getty Images) No matter what happens now, there is no scenario in which the Islamic Republic survives 2026 with its power intact. Iran is at a crossroads. The largest and most sustained wave of nationwide protests since the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising in 2022 and 2023 is now sweeping the country.
Giant Abroad, Midget at Home
At the start of 2026, Donald Trump should have the wind at his back as he sets out to assure America’s future. For his recent election, he assembled the broadest multi-faith conservative coalition in modern American politics. A twice-divorced casino magnate who bragged about his sexual exploits to interviewers, rarely attended church, and once identified as pro-choice hardly embodied the “family values” that had defined the Religious Right since the late 1970s.
The U.S. Needs Israeli Innovation for Our Defense
The U.S. Needs Israeli Innovation for Our Defense President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome is the latest—and most consequential—expression of the United States’ partnership with Israel. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Without Israeli experience, technology, and collaboration, the U.S. will be less safe. At the Turning Point USA conference in Phoenix last week, the mood was combative.
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Michael Doran has been covering aviation for close to a decade with a focus on airlines, aircraft, helicopters, MRO, route networks, customer experience and emerging aerospace technologies. His passion is talking to industry leaders and decision makers to bring behind-the-scenes insights to readers.
Pinnacle Quantum Group: United States Trade Mission to Saudi Arabia
Pinnacle Quantum Group: United States Trade Mission to Saudi Arabia PQG is delighted to support the US Department of Commerce International Trade Administration’s goals to advance US economic progress through foreign investment” WILMINGTON, DE, UNITED STATES, December 1, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Pinnacle Quantum Group Inc.
Pinnacle Quantum Group Announces Breakthrough: Classical Hardware Now Runs Quantum Algorithms Natively
Pinnacle Quantum Group Announces Breakthrough: Classical Hardware Now Runs Quantum Algorithms Natively Company releases world’s first Quantum-Geometric Compiler Quantum and classical won’t live in silos. We’re focused on utility you can verify; tooling that helps researchers and engineers build today while the broader ecosystem advances toward 2030.” WILMINGTON, DE, UNITED STATES, November 30, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Pinnacle Quantum Group Inc.
The 'Jews' Are a Proxy for a Far Bigger Political Fight
Original Article Posted By: FlyRight, 10/1/2025 2:37:45 PM Historically, Americans have been less susceptible than Europeans to antisemitism. But since October 7, 2023, American Jews have found themselves squarely in the crosshairs of the political left and the political right. Assigned a symbolic role by both fringes, American Jews are caught in the cross fire as progressive internationalists and extreme isolationists battle each other for control of the traditional middle of the country.
The ‘Jews’ Are a Proxy for a Far Bigger Political Fight
The ‘Jews’ Are a Proxy for a Far Bigger Political Fight “Why are Americans suddenly attacking Jews from left and right simultaneously? The cross fire grows out of a larger debate about America’s role in the world,” writes Michael Doran. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Progressives festoon their bigotry with banners of diversity, demanding Jews disown Israel. Meanwhile, Tucker Carlson updates the ‘Protocols’ to paint Jews as the hidden hand behind global power.
The Israeli Strike on Qatar Serves Both American and Israeli Interests
Editors’ Pick September 18, 2025 Why President Trump gave Jerusalem the thumbs-up. Yesterday, Ghazi Hamad, one of the Hamas leaders Israel targeted in Doha last week, appeared on Al Jazeera, confirming that he is in fact still alive. His survival supports the argument that the attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar was a blunder: Israel angered the U.S. and put further strain on its relations with Arab regimes while literally missing the target.
Why Trump Let Netanyahu Strike Hamas in Doha
On Monday, Qatar hosted an emergency Arab-Islamic summit to address Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders in Doha. Qatari prime minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani denounced the strikes as “barbaric” and called for an end to the “double standard” applied to Israel. Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit added that “silence on a crime is a crime.” In the United States, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders last week called for ending U.S. military aid to Israel.
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Opinion | Predatory Sparrow Hacks Iran’s Financial System
WSJ Opinion: Trump Calls Out the Putin Charade Embed code copied to clipboard Your browser does not support HTML5 video. 0:00 Paused 0:00 / 4:00 The 12-day war between Israel and Iran featured an unprecedented cyber campaign against the Islamic Republic’s financial system. Previous state-sponsored hacks aimed to steal data, ransom assets or disrupt operations. Israel did something far more radical: It destroyed digital assets and banking records to undermine the regime.
How Trump and Bibi Outfoxed Iran
The Ultimate Deception: How Trump and Bibi Outfoxed Iran Iranian workers walk past a residential building destroyed in an Israeli attack in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images) In a world of diplomatic doublespeak, hypocrisy, and strategic ambiguity, Trump and Netanyahu simply said what they meant. They died in their own beds.
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