continued from page Recent developments underscore the point. Senior Iranian officials once positioned as potential successors have been killed. Key internal security figures — those responsible for maintaining order and suppressing dissent — have also been eliminated. Even localized enforcement mechanisms are now under pressure. What remains of the regime’s response resembles l...

continued from page 1980s. The great 19th-century naval strategist Alfred Thayer Mahan argued, “Control of the sea by maritime commerce and naval supremacy means predominant influence in the world.” This was the experience of the British, and has been ours for a long time. “The necessity of a navy,” Mahan also said, “springs from the existence of peaceful shipping and disappears ...