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This photo, published on June 18, 2025 by the Iranian armed forces, claimed to show a destroyed Israeli drone in the central region of the city of Isfahan, Iran. (Iranian Armed Forces via AP)

How drones are changing the way wars are fought

The use of armed drones is not new, but they are gaining importance in current conflicts as combat units. Their automation is likely to accentuate this phenomenon.
Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, right, attends a news conference with EU foreign affairs representative Josep Borrell in Tehran on June 25, 2022. Atta KenareAFP via Getty Images

Europe is stuck in a bystander role over Iran’s nuclear program after US, Israeli bombs establish facts on the ground

After more than two decades of hard-nosed diplomacy on Iran’s nuclear program, European negotiators are finding themselves beset by challenges.
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Does Donald Trump deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? We asked 5 experts

Trump has been nominated for the world’s most coveted peace prize by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu who says the US president is ending conflicts across the globe.
The national Lebanese flag hangs on a building amid a Hezbollah demonstration in the southern suburbs of Beirut on July 6, 2025. Photo by Nael Chahine / Middle East Images via AFP

A weakened Iran and Hezbollah gives Lebanon an opening to chart path away from the region’s conflicts − will it be enough?

For decades, Lebanon has been torn apart by internal division and external conflict. There may currently be a narrow window for a different future.
View of the United Nations logo at a 2022 conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

Military force may have delayed Iran’s nuclear ambitions – but history shows that diplomacy is the more effective nonproliferation strategy

In the majority of cases, diplomacy has played a pivotal role in convincing nuclear-seeking nations to relinquish their pursuit of nuclear weapons.

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