Why Iran’s anger at America is rational — and why that is not the same as innocence I see two common frameworks weaving their way through Western media these days, and I’d like to correct them both at once, as… Read More ›
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Navigating the End of the Rules-Based Order
May 2026.1 I. Context: The End of the Inter-Cold War Period The roughly three-decade interval following the collapse of the Soviet Union, during which China and Russia turned inward toward domestic consolidation and the United States broadly upheld the post-1945… Read More ›
Trump’s War
Beyond Trump’s inability to cultivate understanding lies an important issue. Who shapes the fragments of reality he does absorb? How did his picture of Iran emerge? How far did his picture of Iran emerge from private conversations with Benjamin Netanyahu?… Read More ›
Gregory's Writings 