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America Should End Israel’s War on Iran—Not Join It

Jun 18, 2025

Ronen Zvulun / Reuters

Steven Simon, Distinguished Visiting Fellow with the Davidson Institute for Global Security, co-authors an opinion piece in Foreign Affairs warning the U.S. not to enter Israel’s war on Iran.

Read it here.

“Trump’s best option, therefore, is to try to help bring the Israel-Iran war to an end in a way that preserves what Israel has accomplished militarily but also allows Iran to save enough face to return to negotiations.”