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Japanese oil tanker Kokuka Courageous off the port of the Gulf emirate of Fujairah on June 19, 2019. The tanker was attacked in the Gulf of Oman last week by limpet mine resembling Iranian mines. (MUMEN KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
Japanese oil tanker Kokuka Courageous off the port of the Gulf emirate of Fujairah on June 19, 2019. The tanker was attacked in the Gulf of Oman last week by limpet mine resembling Iranian mines. (MUMEN KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
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What Iran Is Really Up To
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Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Michael Doran
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3 Min Read
US President Donald Trump signs with US Vice President Mike Pence and US Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin at the White House on June 24, 2019, 'hard-hitting sanctions' on Iran's supreme leader. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump signs with US Vice President Mike Pence and US Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin at the White House on June 24, 2019, 'hard-hitting sanctions' on Iran's supreme leader. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Donald Trump’s Iran Show
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Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
Walter Russell Mead
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2 Min Read
A protester holds a poster of Mohammed Morsi during a protest against the mass execution sentence of 529 supporters of Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood on March 28, 2014. (Rahman Roslan/Getty Images)
A protester holds a poster of Mohammed Morsi during a protest against the mass execution sentence of 529 supporters of Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood on March 28, 2014. (Rahman Roslan/Getty Images)
Commentary
Obituary: Mohamed Morsi
Samuel Tadros
Former Senior Fellow
Samuel Tadros
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1 Min Read
A picture taken on March 12, 2017, shows an Iranian military speedboat patrols the waters as a tanker perpares to dock at the oil facility in the Khark Island, on the shore of the Gulf. (AFP/Getty Images)
A picture taken on March 12, 2017, shows an Iranian military speedboat patrols the waters as a tanker perpares to dock at the oil facility in the Khark Island, on the shore of the Gulf. (AFP/Getty Images)
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The Case for Restraint in the Gulf
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Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
Walter Russell Mead
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