4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (515+ words) Argument: How Could Iran Happen? An Autopsy. The U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran is now in its seventh month, with costs during periods of heavy fighting estimated at roughly $1 billion per day. Despite having the world’s most powerful military, the United…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (526+ words) Essay: The World’s Only Real Hope of Maintaining Order This article appears in the Fall 2026 print issue: How to Survive in a World Without Rules, available in full Sept. 9. A key challenge will be to construct a global order that…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (709+ words) Argument: Iran’s Proxy Strategy Is Never Coming Back Three years ago, on a clear day, you could stand at the Lebanese border with Israel in the village of Marwahin and see the Baha’i Gardens on Mount Carmel, looking down over…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (580+ words) Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the United States’ attack on Iran’s Larak Island, a rising flood death toll in Nepal, and Greece’s multibillion-dollar defense deal with Israel. U.S. and Iranian forces exchanged fire on Sunday…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (475+ words) Analysis: Jordan Sees Bigger Threat From Israel Than Iran Yet my recent conversations with Jordanian officials, journalists, and commentators reveal a strikingly different concern. Their frustration about the Iran war is real, but it pales in comparison to their sense…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (551+ words) Analysis: Why Iran Might Escalate That same day, Trump announced a new campaign of “Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale” against Iran, warning that countries providing Tehran with “any type of lifeline” would face “TREMENDOUS Economic Consequences.” Hours…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (465+ words) Analysis: Iran’s Economy May Outlast Trump’s Presidency But how close is Iran’s economy to collapse? How long can it hold out, and how much further economic pain is needed to alter the leadership’s thinking? Iran’s capacity to absorb the pain…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (687+ words) Argument: Washington Is Creating Forever Enemies Numerous countries have held a place on America’s list of grudges. Cuba has been a near-permanent member, rooted in events now more than six decades old. Libya remained on the list for decades under…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (115+ words) Analysis: What Donald Duck Can Teach Trump About Going to War A new movie shows how the president conferred with State Department experts before each meeting. Nixon’s “Saturday Night Massacre” triggered nationwide outrage—and a firewall that is now gone....