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Aaron Pilkington

University of Denver

Aaron Pilkington is a U.S. Air Force analyst of Middle East affairs and a non-resident fellow at the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Denver’s Korbel School of International Studies.  The views expressed in his pieces are those of the author and do not reflect the official position of the Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force, the United States Air Force Academy, or any other organizational affiliation.
Ideas

Iran’s Oct. 1 strike on Israel had several meanings.

It was retaliatory–but it was also meant to save face and restore deterrence.