Op-ed

Beneath the visible theater of warfare, a more consequential dynamic appears to be unfolding. It is one that suggests the United States may have misjudged not merely Iran’s capabilities but the nature of the war itself. The assumption was that a few days into the war, especially after …

Iran has indicated that Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, will be his successor. This announcement comes after Israel’s military actions in Tehran, where they targeted fuel depots, and following an Iranian attack that reportedly damaged a desalination plant in Bahrain. Ayatollah Hosseinali Eshkevari …

Lexy Reid With conflict spreading across the region and the death toll surpassing 1,000, America and Israel’s war on Iran shows no signs of slowing. Rather, the situation is rapidly escalating and poses serious geopolitical threats – from NATO retaliation to mass displacement, there is no end in …

Samantha Fox For years, the idea of an economic “divorce” between United States and China has migrated from academic debate to official policy talk. What once sounded implausible is now openly discussed in Washington, especially after the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and rising tensions over Taiwan. Yet …

Dr. John Calabrese As the third and seemingly decisive round of talks in Geneva concluded, the Trump administration had avoided diplomatic deadlock — but only by narrowing negotiations to the nuclear file. Yet after airstrikes on nuclear facilities last June and sweeping public demands, Washington had left itself …

Dr. Ju Hyung Kim For much of the post–Cold War era, missile defense remained a marginal issue in Canada’s strategic discussion. Ottawa’s decision not to participate in US-led Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) in 2005 was framed as a principled stand against the weaponization of space and strategic instability. …

A U.S. Navy sailor signals for the launch of an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron 213, from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, while operating in support of the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location February 28, …

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh Power abhors ambiguity, but it feeds on vacuum. The moment the rumor mill dares to imagine a Middle East without Ali Khamenei, the calculus of force shifts from deterrence to temptation. Whether dead, dying, or diminished, the symbol matters more than the body. Crowns are …

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh The shockwave generated by the interview conducted by Tucker Carlson did not end when the cameras stopped rolling. What unfolded after the broadcast—away from the studio lights and beyond the rehearsed cadence of public discourse—was, by all measures, more consequential and more disturbing. Immediately following …