3+ hour, 7+ min ago  (701+ words) The US has the military strength; Iran the political resolve. This points to more precarious truces and tit-for-tat strikes in coming months. The United States has launched a series of strikes on Iran in response to the Iranian targeting vessels…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (464+ words) Looking back from 2026 to 1967 reveals the extent to which Israel will go to serve its own interests, even when this means harming its ally. There is a clear pattern of Israeli deception. It started a century ago with the colonial…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago  (422+ words) After 1, 000 days of genocide and 78 years of occupation, negotiations have not delivered peace. They have bought time, absorbed outrage and given Israel political cover to continue the destruction of Palestinians. This cycle of genocide cannot be separated from its historical…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (634+ words) The United States has abandoned the rules and habits of diplomacy in favour of threats, sanctions and violence. If the west wants peace, it must relearn how to talk to its enemies. Too many people have been killed by the…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (593+ words) Gulf states are discovering the limits of US security guarantees and the costs of neglecting their regional relationships. Australia still has time to avoid that mistake. "We got played," a Dubai businessman told The Washington Post in comments later echoed…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (405+ words) The Western media has failed to report on the Pakistan PM's unequivocal statement that the US'Iran MOU did not mention ballistic missiles. The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, one of the signatories to the memorandum of understanding between Iran…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (976+ words) The US-Iran memorandum of understanding has opened a path towards a permanent peace agreement, but spoilers inside and outside the process " including Israel, Donald Trump and Iranian hardliners " could still derail it. In a seminal article, entitled Spoiler Problems in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (412+ words) The long-term implications of the Iran war will be a shift in geopolitics, with the decline of Western dominance in West Asia and new regional coalitions. Peace is more than the absence of combat between warring parties. Cicero defined it…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (518+ words) The US "deal" with Iran is a humiliation. This outcome reveals not just Trump"s incompetence but flaws in the system that allowed him to rise to power. In promoting his "deal" with Iran, US President Donald Trump has tried…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1254+ words) Several New York Democratic primary victories by candidates critical of Israel point to a growing challenge to AIPAC-aligned politics, as Gaza, Palestinian rights and outside money become defining fault lines inside the party. Several candidates critical of Israel won their…...