Tehran Needs Positive Incentives, Not Just Pressure; The De-escalatory Logic That Will Shape Negotiations; Why America’s Pacts Should Have Expiration Dates
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At a rally in support of Iranian leaders, Tehran, April 2026

How to End the Iran Crisis

Tehran Needs Positive Incentives, Not Just Pressure

By Federica Mogherini and Sahil V. Shah

 

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A billboard near the site of U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 2026

Why the Cease-Fire With Iran Will Hold

The De-escalatory Logic That Will Shape Negotiations

By Gideon Rose

 
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Washington, D.C., April 2026

The Trouble With Permanent Alliances

Why America’s Pacts Should Have Expiration Dates

By Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., March 2026

One Man’s War

How Constraints on the U.S. President’s War-Making Authority Eroded—and How to Restore Them

By Stephen Pomper

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