Key Takeaways Prospects for meaningful US-Iran negotiations remain low as Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Ahmad Vahidi and his inner circle continue to dominate Iran’s decision-making and oppose compromise. ISW-CTP assessed that in recent days, the IRGC has sidelined civilian officials and that Iran’s negotiating team lacks …

The American-Israeli aggression against Iran has become a pivotal moment in international relations, having undermined American ambitions for dominance in the twenty-first century. A blow to American ambitions, a victory for China The fact that the Iranian regime withstood and skillfully confronted the overwhelming military power of the United States …

As Allied forces crossed the English Channel during the D-Day invasion of June 1944, some 10,000 intelligence officers known as T-Forces were right behind the advance battalions. Their mission: seize munitions experts, technicians, German scientists and their research materials, along with French scientists who had collaborated with the Nazis. Soon, …