Trump’s Most Consequential Foreign Policy Mistake; The False Promise of U.S.-China Stability; The Strange Defeat of Nuclear Deterrence
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June 19, 2026 | View in Browser | Sponsored by Political Tours

 

This week’s highlights:

- The Long Shadow of the Iran War by Ian Bremmer and Firas Maksad

- The False Promise of U.S.-China Stability by Jonathan A. Czin

- The Strange Defeat of Nuclear Deterrence by Rose Gottemoeller

- Iran Won the War but May Lose the Peace by Nate Swanson

- Podcast: Narges Bajoghli and Vali Nasr discuss how the war transformed Iran

- China Is Pulling Up the Ladder Behind It by Shoumitro Chatterjee and Arvind Subramanian

- The Coming Quantum National Security Crisis by Anne Neuberger

 

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Holding an Iranian flag in Tehran, June 2026

The Long Shadow of the Iran War

Trump’s Most Consequential Foreign Policy Mistake

By Ian Bremmer and Firas Maksad

 
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping and in Beijing, May 2026

The False Promise of U.S.-China Stability

Washington Will Come to Regret Its Stalemate With Beijing

By Jonathan A. Czin

 

The Strange Defeat of Nuclear Deterrence

And the Coming Crisis in Strategic Stability

By Rose Gottemoeller

 
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, June 2026 

Iran Won the War but May Lose the Peace

Tehran Is Poised to Overplay Its Hand

By Nate Swanson

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