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Despite risks, Kurds in Syria have the best chance in a generation to protect their national rights. Their success may hinge on the international community.
For some Americans, biblical prophecies about the end-times serve as a guide to conflicts in the Middle East today.
The US will no doubt remain a strategic partner, but Gulf nations have greater agency – and may not be afraid to use it.
As critics question President Trump’s motivations for war on Iran, it’s not just about politics. It’s about the Constitution and whether Congress has any hope of checking the president’s warmaking.
The Trump administration’s unclear goals in Iran will make finding an early off-ramp from the conflict difficult.
Is it time to panic about supplies?
Petrochemicals derived from oil and fossil fuels underlie the production of many consumer goods − and many you wouldn’t know from looking at the final product.
Once the narrative of a “just war” replaces the rule of law, there is little left to restrain powerful states from dominating weaker ones.
Despite Iranian threats to destroy any ships that pass through a key maritime route, some ships are still doing so.
Oil shocks create winners and losers, but the Canadian dollar no longer softens the blow the way it once did.
A small but powerful group of people do very well out of war.
Relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran had recently begun to thaw.
The Iran war is affecting the whole Middle East. An expert on the region looks at four key issues that shed light on the war’s likely end and political consequences.
The war that began Feb. 28 hews to a familiar, dangerous pattern, writes an Iran expert, from deep, historical mistrust and incompatible strategic interests to miscommunication and misperception.
News of the defections came as the government announced the deployment, in response to requests from the region, of an E-7A Wedgetail to the gulf.
Oil prices affect the US economy differently than in past decades. Nowadays, the US is less reliant on oil imports and uses less oil to produce more economic output.
Oil refineries can be legitimate military targets, but only if specific criteria are met.
This rain would include acids but also likely many other pollutants harmful to humans and the environment. It may be worse than the term ‘acid rain’ conveys.
Washington has long worked with Kurdish groups in the Middle East. But without sufficient support, encouraging Iranian Kurds into an uprising now could be dangerous.
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University
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Director, Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), Deakin University
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Director of the Curtin Extremism Research Network (CERN), Curtin University
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
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Honorary Research Fellow, Department of International Politics, City St George's, University of London
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in International Politics, UCL
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Associate Professor of Practice of Public Policy, University of Michigan
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Professor of the Practice of Political Science and International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Director of Dickinson Program in New Zealand & Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Otago, Dickinson College