Posted inMiddle East Why Iran shut Hormuz after decades of holding back by Ben Soodavar July 15, 2026July 18, 2026
Posted inMiddle East Navalization of economic warfare makes trade routes into military targets by John Calabrese July 9, 2026July 11, 2026
Posted inMiddle East Iran ceasefire, now ‘over’, was always going to break by Ben Soodavar July 9, 2026July 13, 2026
Posted inMiddle East Mourning and celebration collide as Iran, US both claim victory by Amin Saikal July 6, 2026July 9, 2026
Posted inMiddle East NYT: Israel plotted to kill Iran peace negotiators to derail talks by Jake Johnson July 3, 2026July 6, 2026
Posted inMiddle East A realist reading of the Israel-Turkey rupture by Leon Hadar July 3, 2026July 8, 2026
Posted inMiddle East Trump bombs Iran after strike on cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz by Jessica Corbett June 27, 2026June 30, 2026
Posted inOpinion The Trump administration’s Iran peace plan has sold out democracy by Stephen Bryen June 27, 2026June 27, 2026
Posted inMiddle East The flaws at the heart of Donald Trump’s Iran ceasefire deal by Ben Soodavar June 26, 2026June 30, 2026
Posted inMiddle East America’s ironclad bond with Israel is starting to crack by Leon Hadar June 25, 2026June 30, 2026
Posted inMiddle East US-Iran war headed for the gray zone by Bamo Nouri and Inderjeet Parmar June 23, 2026June 26, 2026
Posted inOpinion Peace or not, the Middle East will now lean more toward China by Bill Emmott June 23, 2026June 23, 2026
Posted inOpinion How America’s war crowned Iran as the Gulf’s new hegemon by Leon Hadar June 22, 2026June 26, 2026
Posted inOpinion Palestinians to pay the price for Netanyahu’s defeat in Iran by Ramzy Baroud June 20, 2026June 20, 2026
Posted inOpinion Optics say US lost in Iran – the power balance says otherwise by Marcus Loh June 19, 2026June 23, 2026
Posted inMiddle East Iran gets Trump concessions, empty promises in return for little by Jessica Genauer June 18, 2026June 22, 2026
Posted inMiddle East Why US presidents end up cursing Benjamin Netanyahu by Andrew Gawthorpe June 18, 2026June 22, 2026
Posted inMiddle East Full MOU text revealed as Trump justifies ending Iran war by Julia Conley June 18, 2026June 19, 2026
Posted inMiddle East All the ways Iran beat Trump into submission by Jim Lamson and Matthew Moran June 17, 2026June 22, 2026
Posted inMiddle East Iran: Israeli refusal to leave Lebanon would violate peace deal by Stephen Prager June 17, 2026June 18, 2026
Posted inMiddle East US-Iran agreement is more pause than peace by Bamo Nouri and Inderjeet Parmar June 16, 2026June 18, 2026
Posted inMiddle East US-Iran accord may crumble faster than the ink can dry by Farah N Jan June 16, 2026June 19, 2026
Posted inOpinion As Iran war’s said to end, Kissinger’s joke finally has come true by Bill Emmott June 15, 2026June 16, 2026
Posted inMiddle East Trump’s Iran deal ends war but leaves Tehran stronger by Amin Saikal June 15, 2026June 17, 2026
Posted inOpinion Trump has backed away from renewed war with Iran – here’s why by Andreas Krieg June 12, 2026June 16, 2026
Posted inMiddle East Trump hints at ground invasion to get ‘total control’ of Iran oil by Stephen Prager June 12, 2026June 15, 2026
Posted inMiddle East Did US ‘precisely’ bomb water facilities serving 20,000 Iranians? by Julia Conley June 11, 2026June 13, 2026
Posted inMiddle East US and Iran are unlikely to bomb their way to peace by Jessica Genauer June 11, 2026June 12, 2026
Posted inOpinion The case against enhanced US intelligence sharing with Israel by Paul Pillar June 11, 2026June 15, 2026
