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Analysis: Yemenâs Gate of Tears: How another critical waterway became Iranâs wild card | CNN Politics (opens the original)
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Brett McGurk is a CNN global affairs analyst who served in senior national security positions under Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden. The Bab al-Mandeb Strait is a narrow passage of water separating the Arabian Peninsula from Africa. From the north, it connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean. From the south, it provides access through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean. Before the current wars, this passage carried about 30% of global contain
No, Tehran is not winning | CNN Politics (opens the original)
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Brett McGurk is a CNN global affairs analyst who served in senior national security positions under Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden. A conventional wisdom has begun to settle over the war with Iran: Iran won. The argument is straightforward. The US and Israel bombed Iran for weeks, inflicted enormous damage, and demanded major concessions. Iran refused to surrender. Its government remains in power. Its missiles remain a threat across the region. And most impor
Analysis: The Middle East energy map is being redrawn | CNN Politics (opens the original)
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Brett McGurk is a CNN global affairs analyst who served in senior national security positions under Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Wars often end somewhere different from where they begin. The current conflict with Iran has been plagued by ill-defined and shifting objectives, from aspirations of regime change to more focused aims of degrading Iranâs nuclear and military capabilities. Nearly six months in, it has evolved into something else entirely: a stru
Operation Boomerang: A return to military strikes reveals no good options â for Iran or the US | CNN Politics (opens the original)
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Brett McGurk is a CNN global affairs analyst who served in senior national security positions under Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden. When the US and Israeli military operation against Iran began in February, I cited a principle classical military theory. If a leader â in this case, President Donald Trump â is not clear in his own mind regarding the objectives to be achieved before launching a military operation, the objectives will be defined for him and n
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