House Votes to Rein In Trump on Iran War, in a Bipartisan Rebuke

Article published June 3, 2026 in The New York Times.

An Iran Exit Plan
There’s still time for a sensible compromise between Washington and Tehran.

George Beebe and Trita Parsi
This article was shared with CFPA by Dr. Trita Parsi and was published on ForeignPolicy.com on March 26, 2026.

Wisdom in foreign policy begins with the ability to distinguish problems that can be resolved from problems that can be managed but not fixed.

A host of U.S. presidents had to learn this lesson the hard way. George W. Bush thought overthrowing Saddam Hussein would transform the broader Middle East. Barack Obama thought terminating the reign of Muammar al-Qaddafi would stabilize Libya and accelerate the Arab Spring.

Neither proved correct. Managing and containing these threats would have been far preferable to the damaging knock-on effects that flowed from the failed attempts to eliminate them—effects that continue to plague Europe and the Middle East today.

Now, President Donald Trump has fallen into the same trap, believing that he can end rather than manage and mitigate the challenges posed by Iran. It is already evident, more than three weeks into the joint U.S.-Israeli military operation, that airpower alone will not produce regime change in Iran, despite its effectiveness in eliminating specific Iranian leaders.

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No, even a 'small attack' on Iran will lead to war

Published in Responsible Statecraft magazine on February 20, 2026, by Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise

Editorial published January 3, 2026 by the New York Times Editorial Board

'Zero Enrichment' Fantasies Will Lead Us to War

Published in Responsible Statecraft magazine on May 16, 2025, by Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

Click the title below to read an article published in TIME Magazine on April 11, 2025 by Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Trita Parsi keynoted CFPA's 2023 Membership Gathering.

Why Trump's Iran Diplomacy May Work

Click the title below to read an article by Lawrence S. Wittner, Professor of History Emeritus at SUNY/Albany and the author of Confronting the Bomb, which was published February 10, 2025 on the "Peace & Health Blog" page of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.

Two different American approaches to the world

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