Modern War Institute Panel: Understanding US-Iran Tensions 

In the wake of a period of serious escalations between the United States and Iran, including the targeting of Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, the Modern War Institute at West Point convened an interdisciplinary panel of US Military Academy faculty to explain key aspects of the US-Iranian relationship from unique perspectives. Panelists included Dr. Ruth Beitler, a professor of comparative politics in the Department of Social Sciences; Lt. Col. Dan Maurer, an MWI non-resident fellow who teaches in the Department of Law; Ms. Nakissa Jahanbani, a researcher at the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point; and Dr. Amir Irani-Tehrani, the Persian program director in the Department of Foreign Languages.