Michael Christopher Low worries that any bid by the US to seize Kharg Island could jeopardize the region’s desalination facilities.

Nouriel Roubini thinks President Donald Trump is on the hook politically to try to “finish the job” of regime change.

Michael Spence explains why single points of failure have proliferated in recent decades and considers how to boost resilience.

Anne O. Krueger laments that the “America First” trade agenda has destabilized the world order with little to show for it.

Kalemli-Özcan warns that America’s current policies are turning manageable problems into full-blown macroeconomic crises.

Helen Clark warns that a US ground operation will only escalate the conflict and add to the nuclear-proliferation risk.

Stephen Holmes thinks Donald Trump will draw the wrong lesson from countries' reluctance to help clear the Strait of Hormuz.

Harold James considers historical parallels to America's reckless “excursion” against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

From Venezuela to Iran, US President Donald Trump’s administration has apparently embraced a simple mantra: attack now, plan ...

James K. Galbraith marvels at the discontinuity between Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy and his Iran misadventure.

Jayant Sinha considers the implications of the Trump administration’s attacks on independent regulators and supervisors.