The Week’s Most Interesting Reads

Tougher U.S. sanctions will enrich the IRGC. Esfandyar Batmanghelidj explains how reimposed sanctions will benefit the IRGC while Iran’s economy and people suffer.

How the U.S. could lose a war. Steven Metz considers some of the possible scenarios of how the U.S. could suffer a defeat.

This should be a column by Jamal Khashoggi. The Washington Post runs a blank column to call attention to the unjust detention of Jamal Khashoggi.