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“I think a sufficient level of military posture has to be maintained if we are serious about negotiations," said @dstroul.
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Both the U.S. and Iran “have felt that military escalation remained an option for them” as a “means for pressure,” said Michael Singh.
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“I think there’s extreme nervousness inside the government of Israel” about a potential U.S.-Iran deal, said @robsatloff.
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In March 2023, @WashInstitute launched the Islamic State Select Worldwide Activity Map, a project spearheaded by @azelin. Three years later, the picture provided by this map has changed in ways that both confirm and complicate the trends identified at its one-year mark. washingtoninstitute.org/poli…
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So far, the Houthis have stayed on the sidelines of the Iran conflict, but “Washington should not mistake restraint for passivity,” writes April Longley Alley in @latimes. washingtoninstitute.org/poli…
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In one of the two cases, which appear to be intertwined, 1 suspect told authorities there he believed their recruiters planned attacks in Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Myanmar, Thailand & Malaysia, where they received training on explosives, the sources said. reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
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“There were surely better ways to exacerbate the contradictions within the Islamic Republic. But Trump’s war of choice may yet prove to be one that led, in time, to genuine change in Tehran,” writes @AmbDennisRoss in @washingtonpost. washingtoninstitute.org/poli…
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New analysis from me on tracking the Islamic State through the Worldwide Activity Map I created over the past 3 years washingtoninstitute.org/poli…
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“I think both sides want to project that when necessary, they're willing to use military force regardless of the negotiations. And I think that's what's happening here,” Michael Singh told @NPR about why the U.S. and Iran might use military strikes to try to strengthen their negotiating positions. npr.org/2026/06/10/nx-s1-585…
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“The real trick is to get something that is good enough to satisfy enough people that you can call it a success, in a sense, and I think that’s extraordinarily difficult,” Michael Singh told @thehill about the U.S.-Iran negotiations. thehill.com/homenews/adminis…
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As Iran continues its chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz, policymakers and investors “are searching for ways to reduce dependence on one of the world’s most vulnerable maritime chokepoints,” writes @Andrewtabler. But history suggests that pipelines crossing through Syria “are not merely economic assets—they are also strategic vulnerabilities.” washingtoninstitute.org/poli…
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Watch webcast “Back to Bombs or Driving to a Deal? Assessing the U.S.-Iran State of Play” featuring @robsatloff, @dstroul, and Michael Singh. #TWIPolicyForum washingtoninstitute.org/poli…
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Michael Singh: “Energy markets aren’t going to bounce back right away.” #TWIPolicyForum
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Michael Singh: “I think it’s important to look at this [U.S.-Iran] conflict together with everything else that has happened since January 1, 2025.” #TWIPolicyForum
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.@dstroul: “If Hezbollah could be dislodged – not only disarmed militarily but disentangled from the social and economic fabric of Lebanon – it would open the door for international investments, international financial institutions, and more U.S. and European assistance and engagement.” #TWIPolicyForum
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Michael Singh: Both the U.S. and Iran have felt “that military escalation remains an option for them” as a means “of pressure to get the other side to realize that they should take the deal.” #TWIPolicyForum
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Michael Singh: “We have been circling around a deal at whose core is a tradeoff: a trade between Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz for the U.S. lifting the blockade of Iranian ports.” #TWIPolicyForum
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Michael Singh: Part of the Iranian ploy "was to drive a wedge between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu." #TWIPolicyForum
Michael Singh: Iran has negotiated with the U.S. for a long time “and you can see the Iranians using similar tactics year after year with one administration after another.” #TWIPolicyForum
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