The president said the blockade is an effort to stop Iran from policing the strait to its economic benefit.

VP Vance ends 21-hour talks with Iran without deal; US demands no nuclear weapon development.

Tehran is still a threat to the Strait and may retain enriched uranium.

Analysis of Trump’s strategy and public messaging on the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and its implications.

If the United States and Israel hadn’t acted when they did, Iran would have achieved the same immunity status as North Korea.

Even taking Kharg Island will require significant forces and a wider air operation.  

The rare quick and total victory over an enemy at little cost often ensures unquestioned political support in modern consensual societies. In most cases, however, especially in the Western world…

Insights from the Vietnam War offer lessons on public opinion and conflict duration relevant to the Iran War.

That Iran is trying to strike the British-American strategic outpost in the Indian Ocean is a testament to the threat. For all the derision about “a war of choice,” Mr. Trump was correct to act before Iranian missiles grow in number, range and accuracy.

The media’s dour outlook seems wholly divorced from an objective appraisal of the war in its fourth week.