Due to its position of influence over Iran, China will be a leading factor in whether the war ends or spills back into open conflict.
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Cost pressures can drive down quality.
The Gulf Cooperation Council was formed after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Since then, GCC members have tried different strategies to contend with Tehran.
The war has deepened animosity across the Gulf region.
US sanctions on foreign nations have lost some of their power to influence the behavior of other nations – with increasing costs for the US to boot.
An energy law expert explains what makes this group of oil-producing nations so influential.
From violence to rescue, settler practices involving donkeys are increasingly entangled with Palestinian dispossession.
Iran’s confidence in having proven its ability to blockade Hormuz may provide cover for dialling down its nuclear ambiguity posture.
Pyrrhus was said to have remarked that one more victory would leave his kingdom ‘utterly ruined.’ Some see echoes in US interventions in the Middle East.
Who gets all that cash, and what do they do with it?
Lebanon and Israel have agreed a ten-day ceasefire, pausing hostilities that broke out in March.
For decades, the US has been unequivocal in its support for Israel.
A lack of trust, failure to agree to the grounds on which discussion is taking place and Israel’s de facto veto provide insurmountable barriers.
An archaeologist examines the cultural obliteration Iran has incurred as a result of strikes in the US-Israel-Iran conflict. How can such damage be compensated and which global organisations can the country turn to?
Israel has upped the intensity of its campaign in Lebanon, despite the signing of a ceasefire in the Middle East.
As before, however, any such move into the country would be fraught with the same risks that have bedeviled past Israeli invasions of Lebanon.
Pakistan played a leading role in negotiating the ceasefire in Iran.
The UK is particularly vulnerable to global economic shocks.
Donald Trump’s communication style, especially since the start of the US military campaign against Iran has revived several old myths that are engrained in the American psyche.
The US, Israel and Iran war will shift alliances and create insecurity for years to come.
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