Ariane Tabatabai

Scott R. Anderson, senior editor and national security law analyst, Troy Edwards, former federal prosecutor with maritime interdiction experience, and Ariane Tabatabai, Iran specialist, discuss Khamenei's role and succession. They examine the targets and risks of U.S.-Israeli strikes, legal self-defense claims, maritime counterproliferation actions, and the regional and domestic fallout in Iran.

John Drennan, Brussels-based NATO expert, and Ariane Tabatabai, international security and geopolitics analyst, unpack the Greenland crisis and its fallout. They trace how tensions de-escalated, whether they could return, and how Europe is hedging. They explore NATO’s value to the U.S., political pressures on alliance leadership, and how Russia and China exploit fractures in the Western order.

Eric Brewer, nuclear security expert at the Nuclear Threat Initiative, and Ariane Tabatabai, Iran specialist and policy fellow, break down the looming U.S. confrontation with Iran. They explore military buildup versus diplomacy. They debate goals—nuclear rollback or responding to protest massacres. They examine strike value, the need for clear objectives, and risks of escalation and regime instability.