Commitment traps are a feature of conflicts that go back, at least, to Ancient Greece. The Peloponnesian War was, in part, the story of how commitments made by Athens and Sparta to their respective ...

Iran’s embattled leaders have found themselves in an existential struggle domestically to protect nearly a half-century of ...

Iran has prepared missiles for strikes on U.S. bases in the Middle East should the U.S. join Israel’s war, according to ...

Israel carried on its operations against the group in Gaza simultaneously as the U.S. are deploying forces closer to Iran ...

For years, Israel contained its conflicts with Tehran, Hamas and Hezbollah. The broad assault on Iran highlights a shift in ...

Relations between the United States and Iran have been fraught for decades - at least since the US helped overthrow a ...

Iran relations highlight the differences between the countries’ views, but others presented real opportunities for ...

China claims neutrality in global conflicts, but its support for Iran, Pakistan, and Palestine reveals a strategic, self-serving agenda that challenges its credibility as a responsible global power.

After decades of warning about the dangers of Iran’s nuclear weapons ascendance, Israel’s long-time prime minister Benjamin ...

Israel can inflict massive damage on targets in Iran thanks to its US-supplied technological advantages. But the old neocon ...

Whether Israel’s recent attack on Iran is partly motivated by revenge for Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre of Israeli civilians, it is ...