The day the world crossed a line it may not easily step back from, when the U.S. and Israel engaged in a war with Iran with no clear end in sight
Saudi foreign policy makers have read Sun Tzu well. Have Iran’s?
In MENA, restraint and economic statecraft eclipse proxy wars, as Iran’s overstretch contrasts with Saudi Arabia’s calculation
Iran regime: A Plato’s Republic thought experiment gone too far?
Turning to Plato’s Republic to show how Iran’s moral authority decayed into rule by force—laid bare during protests.
Trump’s Iraq election threats could end up making Maliki more popular
Not exactly what the American president intended when he blasted the longtime politician this week. Or was it?
With Maduro Abduction, the US Addiction to Regime Change is now farcical
Maduro’s arrest revives a familiar US fantasy: that removing a strongman brings stability. From Iraq to Afghanistan, history suggests otherwise
A Game of Drones in Venezuela and Yemen
Commercial drones are increasingly being employed as a tool of political violence – will they be the new guerilla weapon of choice?
From Steamships to Sovereignty: How Iraq’s old Arteries challenge modern Myths
The region has always developed – not by oil, war or empire, but by their collateral effects of connecting peoples, ideas and economies
The Gulf Cooperation Council, NATO, and the Collapse of Collective Security
San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Within the span of 24 hours in early September, Russia deployed drones into Polish airspace, and Israel launched an aerial attack in Doha, Qatar. Although few commentaries were made connecting the two events, both states deployed airpower to regional collective security organizations, specifically the Gulf Cooperation […]
Four Decades of War between Iran and America
San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – A morose anniversary passed this month for Iranians, as it has been more than thirty-five years since July 3, 1988, when the U.S. warship Vincennes downed an Iranian civilian airliner, Iran Air Flight 655, with 290 passengers, leaving Bandar Abbas for Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The […]
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