A nation must think before it acts.
FPRI’s Clint Watts Featured in The New Yorker
Shortly before midnight on Sunday, President Trump went on an all-caps rampage against Iran on Twitter: “NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!” The tweet reflects an escalating U.S. campaign against the Islamic Republic that is playing out publicly in bellicose language by Trump Administration officials, and quietly in covert information campaigns to reach beyond the regime to the Iranian people.