In Iran, Israeli Attacks Create the Ultimate Dilemma

Tehran’s 40-year-old national security policy has run its course.

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Israel attacked Iran last Friday in a large-scale air assault that struck targets across the country. The implications of the attack – long-feared by Tehran – are many. Israel showcased its ability and willingness to hit Iran proper, while Iran demonstrated the fecklessness of its air defenses. With the destruction of Hezbollah, Iran’s most important […]

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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