Perry World House News and Analysis
Posted: 11th April 2026
Why the U.S. deployed this new low-cost drone in Iran
PBS NewsHour | April 9, 2026
PBS NewsHour | April 9, 2026
In a video explainer for PBS NewsHour, PWH Faculty Director Michael C. Horowitz explains the LUCAS, or Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, being used in the war in Iran.
Learning from the practitioners of statecraft
Penn Today | April 8, 2026
Penn Today | April 8, 2026
Over Spring Break, our World House Student Fellows visited Geneva, Switzerland to meet with policy practitioners and learn more about careers in global policy. Read some reflections from our students here.
America and Israel Have Difference Endgames in Iran
Hussein Banai | Foreign Affairs | April 8, 2026
Hussein Banai | Foreign Affairs | April 8, 2026
PWH Non-Resident Senior Advisor Hussein Banai recently published a piece in Foreign Affairs analyzing the United States and Israel’s differing motives in the Iran war.
“They pull in opposite directions, and the tension between them has produced a campaign that is operationally coordinated but strategically adrift,” writes Banai.
Read here“They pull in opposite directions, and the tension between them has produced a campaign that is operationally coordinated but strategically adrift,” writes Banai.
What Would a Ground Invasion of Iran Look Like?
Sudarsan Raghavan | The New Yorker | April 7, 2026
Sudarsan Raghavan | The New Yorker | April 7, 2026
Speaking with The New Yorker’s Sudarsan Raghavan, PWH Non-Resident Senior Advisor Hussein Banaishared his insight into what a ground invasion of Iran would look like, calling back to the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s.
“The narrative of that war is really what’s driven a sense of purpose, especially for the Revolutionary Guard,” explains Banai.
Read here“The narrative of that war is really what’s driven a sense of purpose, especially for the Revolutionary Guard,” explains Banai.
The Liberation Trap
Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet | April 4, 2026
Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet | April 4, 2026
A participant of our 2025 Iran WorkshopFiroozeh Kashani-Sabet has a new piece discussing the unforeseen fallouts of the Iran War.
“Difficult as it is to make this point, the ongoing war between the Islamic Republic and the United States / Israel may have derailed the trajectory of radical political change for Iran indefinitely, however,” writes Kashani-Sabet.
Read here
“Difficult as it is to make this point, the ongoing war between the Islamic Republic and the United States / Israel may have derailed the trajectory of radical political change for Iran indefinitely, however,” writes Kashani-Sabet.