Masoud Pezeshkian’s address to the United Nations General Assembly came at a moment when the space between diplomacy and war has become increasingly difficult to define. Just one day after Donald Trump used the same international stage to warn Iran of potentially devastating consequences, the Iranian president stood …

Since late February, the United States and Israel have conducted strikes on Iranian targets after nuclear talks failed, triggering Iranian retaliatory attacks on Israel, U.S. bases, and Gulf states. These strikes have also disrupted fuel exports through the Strait of Hormuz, sending energy prices soaring and creating instability …

 Dr. Ju Hyung Kim  Iran’s large-scale missile and drone attack against its neighboring countries exposed a critical vulnerability in modern warfare: even advanced missile defense systems can run out of interceptors faster than they can be replenished. In contemporary conflicts, the decisive factor might be which side runs …

Lisdey Espinoza The political landscape of the Americas has been dramatically transformed by a surge in populist leadership. From the United States to Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and El Salvador, populist figures have tapped into widespread dissatisfaction with traditional political institutions. These leaders employ a mix of anti-establishment rhetoric, …

Ulrike Reisner What is unfolding before our eyes is of historic significance. The United States will lose its claim to hegemony over the world just a few decades after the fall of the USSR. There is a considerable discrepancy between what the official Western media report about the …

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 …