CAPT Lance B. Gordon (U.S. Navy, ret.) is a retired U.S. Navy intelligence officer and U.S. Army War College and New York University School of Law graduate. His analyses of the 2026 Iran war have appeared in Small Wars Journal and RealClearDefense, including “The Coercive Architecture of the 2026 Iran War and Its Strategic Implications” (March 31, 2026).
