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Israel’s military actions —in Gaza, Syria, Lebanon and now Iran — reflect the melding of Benjamin Netanyahu’s domestic political survival and his revisionist aims to reshape the regional order.
While Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire after 12 days of airstrikes, it isn’t clear what specific measures, if any, the countries might agree to in order to keep the peace.
Nonproliferation experts believe Iraq’s nuclear program went underground after Israel destroyed its reactor just outside Baghdad.
After being attacked by both Israel and the US, Iran is likely to feel that it has no option to redouble its efforts to develop its own nuclear deterrent.
Mutual deterrence may prevent a longer war for now, but the balance remains precarious and could collapse with little warning.
The US and Israel bombing campaigns may only delay an Iranian bomb by a few years. Could this signal the death of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty?
Why did Trump change his mind and join the Israeli air campaign? What does the rest of the word think? What will Iran do in response?
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz would have potentially devastating flow-on effects for oil supplies and prices in Australia.
The US and Israel have adopted the most wide-ranging and robust interpretations of the right of self defence. Other nations may now follow their lead.
‘Bunker buster’ bombs and Tomahawk missiles struck three targets, with President Donald Trump saying that Iran’s nuclear program had been ‘completely and fully obliterated.’
The US president’s decision to join Israel’s air campaign against Iran’s nuclear programme is the death knell of the old rules-based order.
Iran has some difficult choices ahead. It has vowed a major response, but could be limited in what it can actually achieve.
The government issued a statement in response to the bombing, but there were no immiedate plans for the prime minister to speak on the matter.
The GBU-57 Massive Ordance Penetrator is a weapon only the US can deploy – but it may have unintended consequences.
The conditions that led to this war would almost certainly not have arisen without Trump’s mishandling of Iran policy in his first administration.
Tehran can utilize an army of proxy groups, intelligence operatives and cyberhackers as part of any retaliation for Israeli or US attacks.
Close to 100 scientists have been killed or abducted to stymie foreign nations’ nuclear programs since World War II. But the tactic has serious drawbacks as a means of countering proliferation.
While Iran’s proxy network of paramilitary groups has been decimated, it still have powerful friends.
Iran is highly fragmented and doesn’t have a long tradition of democracy or a unified opposition movement. So what happens if the supreme leader is toppled?
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Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University
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