Tag: Iran

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  Senior Fellow Greg Priddy Discusses Iran War and Energy Markets on Scripps News

  On Thursday, March 19, CFTNI Senior Fellow for the Middle East Greg Priddy spoke with Scripps News about the worsening global energy crisis fueled by the ongoing conflict with Iran. Priddy warned that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has removed approximately 15 million barrels of oil per day from the global market, with

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  Can Operation Epic Fury Transform the Middle East for the Better?

  The Iranian regime is in free fall, with the leadership devastated by targeted strikes and different security forces appearing to act without coordination. American and Israeli forces have dominated Iran’s airspace and decimated large parts of its missile program. Operation Epic Fury is moving at a rapid pace with surprisingly few casualties, as the Islamic

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  Iran: What Comes Next?

  Iran has recently seen one of the most significant waves of political protest since the fall of the Shah in 1979. The state repression unleashed to counter the protests appears to have resulted in thousands of deaths. While the intensity of the unrest seems to have ebbed for now, it seems to many observers that

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  Center’s Iran Discussion Featured in New York Post

  Can the Trump administration do in Iran what it pulled off in Venezuela last month? Daniel McCarthy, the editor of Modern Age, wrote about the Center’s recent discussion with Sina Azodi and Alex Vatanka for the New York Post. Read it here.

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  Washington’s Dilemma in Iran (w/ Greg Priddy)

  Washington’s Dilemma in Iran (w/ Greg Priddy) Mass protests in Iran have been met with brutal repression, raising the stakes for the Trump administration which is now weighing whether to respond in support of the demonstrators. Do the protests threaten the Islamic Republic’s existence, or is it yet another cycle of unrest the regime believes

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