The outcome of the U.S.-Iran war launched in February 2026 “exposed a deeper failure of systems thinking in U.S. strategy toward Iran and the region,” argues CIP Senior Nonresident Fellow Sina Toossi, in a new report supported by Horizon 2045 and Ploughshares.
“Linear assumptions about coercion, military superiority, and maximalist pressure repeatedly failed to account or adaptation, unintended consequences, escalation dynamics, and the resilience of institutionalized political orders under external attack,” he continues. “Rather than producing strategic victory, these approaches intensified regional instability, strengthened hardline and militarized actors, accelerated nuclear hedging, and increased the risk of a wider and more permanent conflict.”
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Military Spending Monitor
The Center for International Policy (CIP) announced today that The Forum on the Arms Trade will be joining the Center for International Policy as a sponsored program as of October 20, 2023.
The Center for International Policy (CIP) applauds the decision to award Narges Mohammadi the Nobel Peace Prize and calls on international leaders to act more broadly and boldly to hold authoritarian regimes accountable for their atrocities and oppression.
The Center for International Policy (CIP) is thrilled to announce today that Women for Weapons Trade Transparency (W2T2) will be joining the Center for International Policy as a sponsored program as of October 2, 2023.
A detailed look at the shifting and expanding landscape of U.S. security assistance since the September 11th attacks.
A detailed look at the shifting and expanding landscape of U.S. security assistance since the September 11th attacks.
