The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford arrives on May 16, 2026, in Norfolk, Va.

(COLUMBUS, OHIO) Where has more than seven months of intermittent war, economic threats, stalled diplomacy and promises of a ceasefire in Iran left the concept of U.S. strategic credibility?

It is a question that political scientists and security and foreign policy experts like us have had to grapple with at each turn of the conflict.

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