The Iran War has again revealed the vulnerability of overseas U.S. bases.
U.S. Bases in the Age of Precision Missiles and Modern Warfare
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Middle East & North Africa
Why the War in Iran Defies a Quick End
The conflict is descending into a protracted, grinding stalemate of social and civilizational endurance.
The Expansion of the Donroe Doctrine
Trump is attempting to synthesize the dying Oil Revolution with the ascendant Mineral Revolution.
The Iran War Is Killing Private Credit
The global economy is being shaken up in unanticipated ways.
Kurds and the US-Israel War with Iran: Likely Scenarios
What role will Kurds play in shaping the future of Iran?
It’s Already a World War
Ruthless authoritarian leaders–Putin, Trump, Netanyahu–have declared war on international law.
This International Women’s Day, Let’s Renew the Call to End Wars
The impact on women of the war with Iran has been disastrous.
Tehran’s Decapitation and the End of an Era
The United States and Israel are gambling that the jungle law of sheer force can birth a new Middle Eastern order.
Trump’s Strategic Disaster in Tehran
The silence in Tehran today is not the silence of a collapsed state but the quiet preparation for a long and expensive retaliation.
Killing Leaders Doesn’t Kill the System
The killing of Ayatollah Khamenei will not necessarily lead to the transformation of Iran.