The latest attack on Iran goes far beyond previous operations by Israel and the US in both scale and scope. Tehran will likely lean on unconventional warfare as well as its missile stockpile.
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It appeared that diplomacy was working, but the strikes by the US and Israel now risk destroying any chance of a peaceful resolution of this crisis.
The attack has come in the middle of talks between Washington and Tehran.
History tells us that a lack of understanding of war on the part of US presidents has often causec friction with their military commanders.
After a meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, Donald Trump said he wanted talks with Iran to continue.
Diplomacy remains the most preferable option both for Iran and the US as tensions between the two countries rise.
Despite the bellicose rhetoric, Washington must realise the folly of another protracted conflict in the Middle East.
Iranian universities have long been places of reform and political imagination – as well as targets of censorship and repression.
A scholar of intelligence and strategy explains why battle damage assessments are so challenging – and why the process has become politicized.
The UN Security Council veto makes it virtually impossible to uphold its own charter when it comes to acts of aggression such as the bombing of Iran.
Donald Trump’s decision to bomb Iran is not getting universal support from Republicans.
Gulf states have long sought to contain Tehran through diplomacy rather than pursuing regime change.
While there is widespread agreement on Iran within US politics, the incendiary nature of agreeing with your adversary makes it seem more fractured than it is.
‘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 government issued a statement in response to the bombing, but there were no immiedate plans for the prime minister to speak on the matter.
Some major events in the history of US-Iran relations highlight differences between the countries’ views, but others have presented real opportunities for reconciliation.
Nuclear experts from the US and Iran are due to meet in Oman. The turn to diplomacy indicates Trump is erring against reviving a maximum pressure strategy with Tehran.
A US counterterrorism expert explains the dynamics between Israel, Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas – and why Hezbollah presents new risks for the US and other places globally.
Escalating conflict between Israel and Iran is partly the result of an unsuccessful, decade-long plan to ‘contain and deter’ the Iranian regime.
Over nearly five decades of enmity, Tehran and Washington have found common ground when they needed to.
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