The Decline of the Iranian Empire

In my article “The Decline of the Iranian Empire” in the September issue of National Review magazine, I describe the major changes in the Middle East in the last two years and what the United States should now do. 

The article begins this way:

The story of the Middle East in the last year might be summed up by the word “poof.” That is, after a decade in which Iran’s expanding power and influence seemed irreversible, they were in fact reversed by Israel — with last-minute help from American B-2 bombers. What’s left is a much weakened Hezbollah (Iran’s key proxy), Syria free of Assad (a Russian and Iranian ally), and an Iran without air defenses or an advanced nuclear-weapons program.

I discuss Iran and its nuclear program, Israel and Gaza, Syria and Lebanon, Iraq, and the Trump administration. The full article can be found here.