Iran: Regime Erosion and Frontier Fragility

The Islamic Republic’s unraveling could turn its frontiers into strategic fault lines.

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The foundations of the Iranian regime are eroding and probably will continue to do so for a long time. In a bid to accelerate this process and shape the outcome, the Trump White House is reportedly considering a limited strike against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), aiming to weaken the paramilitary force and create […]

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Kamran Bokhari
Kamran Bokhari, PhD, is a regular contributor to and former senior analyst (2015-2018) with Geopolitical Futures. Dr. Bokhari is now the Senior Director, Eurasian Security & Prosperity Portfolio at the New Lines Institute for Strategy & Policy in Washington, DC. Dr. Bokhari is also a national security and foreign policy specialist at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute. He has served as the Coordinator for Central Asia Studies at the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) at @Kamran Bokhari