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 ...

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

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 ...

A breakthrough in Israeli-Saudi normalization is only expected at the end of the fighting in the Gaza Strip, according to ...

Iran and Israel have developed tacit military, economic, and intelligence cooperation based on shared geopolitical interests, ...

Oman and Qatar were leading efforts to begin ceasefire talks, while mediators said Iran was open to resuming nuclear ...

Iran’s state-run news agency says its governmental television station abruptly stopped a live broadcast after an Israeli strike. During a live broadcast, the sound of an explosion could be heard ...