Six weeks after his elevation, Iran's new Supreme Leader has still not been seen or heard. So who is making the decisions? Wikistrat surveyed eleven senior Iran specialists on Tehran's ruling core, the rise of the IRGC under Vahidi, and where the Islamabad talks can realistically land.

Wikistrat surveyed eight leading Gulf security experts on how Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar will respond to the US-Iran deal taking shape. The panel converged on Hormuz as the defining red line and on a three-year regional arms race if missile limits are excluded, and split sharply on whether Riyadh goes nuclear.

The Iran war hasn't raised the risk of a Chinese move on Taiwan. What Beijing is learning from the campaign is the bigger concern. Wikistratsurveyed 10 leading PLA and China experts on Taiwan risk, military lessons, and Beijing's next moves.