Geopolitics

Suzanne Loftus A US victory in Iran would seriously endanger Russia’s international support network. On February 28, the United States and Israel launched a large-scale bombing campaign against Iran, killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and dozens of the country’s senior leaders within the first day. According to the Trump …

Arman Mahmoudian Iran’s missile strikes on its Arab neighbors might lead those neighbors to seek closer ties with the United States—but could also cause them to distance themselves from it. On March 10, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth claimed that Iran hadmade a major error by launching drone …

Alexander Langlois The latest Israeli foray into Lebanon is an attempt to impose the “Gaza model” on the country.   As the American and Israeli war on Iran expands across the Middle East, Lebanon faces its nightmare scenario. Israel has invaded the country once again, supposedly to disarm …

Kester Klomegah In this interview, Professor Sergiu Mișcoiu at the Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), where he also serves as a director of the Centre for International Cooperation and director of the Centre for African Studies, says the U.S.-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic …

Manshuk Kassymzhanova The Six-Party Talks (SPT) launched in 2003 with the first round held in Beijing. They continued through six rounds until 2007 but completely broke down in 2009 with Pyongyang’s statement about its unwillingness to participate in any further talks. Despite the fact that all six countries …

Alice Johnson The choice of military escalation in the conflict with Iran is an important juncture in modern geopolitics. However, while the conflict is justified in the context of demonstrating power and deterring future threats, early evidence suggests that the long-term implications may differ significantly from the initial …

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh I. Introduction: War Beyond Reason In the evolving landscape of great power competition and regional conflict, few phenomena are as destabilizing as the gradual erosion of strategic rationality. What begins as a calculated intervention, framed within the lexicon of deterrence and preemption, can rapidly devolve …

By Lama Al-Rakad In today’s world, Western discourse often takes center stage as the global defender of human rights and minority protections. From the Middle East to other conflict zones, it speaks in the language of justice—championing “self-determination” and “the protection of minorities” as universal, non-negotiable principles. Yet …

Iran’s missile attacks have alienated the Hashemite Kingdom, but the chances of Jordan joining the war are still slim. Aaron Magid On Christmas Eve 2004, a suicide truck bomb headed to Jordan’s Embassy in Baghdad exploded, killing nine people. King Abdullah II later blamed a Shia group with …