President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China cannot survive if he does not at least try to invade Taiwan.
Operation Epic Fury means more than canceling Iran's influence, for it shows that the United States has secure resources.
A few of America's allies have come to understand that the old rules of the rules-based order no longer apply.
President Trump has the chance to capture Kharg Island, which would be to him what Vicksburg was to Ulysses S. Grant.
The United States should not offer or accept any partial deal to or from the IRGC (Iran Revolutionary Guards Corps).
Sea control is no longer sufficient, because the presence of submarine cables requires seabed control, which is much harder.
The next phase in the Iran campaign must be one of financial compellence - forcing Iran to do the right thing before it collapses.
The United States has taken steps to reshape the world, and those steps have borne fruit, isolating China and Russia.
A retired U.S. Navy admiral gives a blueprint for how to remove the last obstacle to an open Strait of Hormuz, the IRGC.
Tom Friedman of The New York Times says he is torn between wanting the defeat of Iran but not wanting America or Israel strengthened.