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Hormuz at the Centre: How the Iran Conflict is Being Redefined
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (159+ words) The U. S. has consistently said it destroyed Iran's nuclear sites during the June war in 2025 "hitting Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant and Natanz Nuclear Facility with bunker-buster bombs, and striking Isfahan Nuclear Technology Centre with Tomahawk missiles. Donald Trump even described the…...
Seeing Isn't Believing: Disinformation and the Collapse of Verification in the Iran War
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (658+ words) However, these dynamics obscure a more subtle, yet highly consequential tool of communication in this war: disinformation and the collapse of verification processes. During ancient wars, from the chronicles of Thucydides to the court records of Achaemenid Persia, knowledge of…...
After the Iran War: Israel and Nuclear Risk
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (271+ words) To prepare for such emerging or re-configuring threats, Jerusalem (and also Washington) will still need to prepare for "the worst." A structured, analytical approach is required with "generality" serving as a guiding principle. For Israel, comprehensive theorizing should replace ad…...
Middle East War's Next Phase: Who Will Open the Strait of Hormuz? " Part I
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (476+ words) The war in the Middle East has disrupted energy supplies and destabilized markets. Now entering its second month, the conflict is moving into a decisive phase. As it does, the gap between political messaging and operational reality is widening, and…...
How the Athens-Riyadh Axis Is Developing a New Security Complex
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The US-Israel-Iran War and the Reorientation of the Kurdish-Turkish Peace Process
1+ week, 1+ day ago (159+ words) In conclusion, the war with Iran exposed a fundamental inconsistency in the strategy: the Kurds perceive it as a pathway to securing genuine ethnic rights, while the state sees it as a reorganisation of Turkey's domestic order. At this stage,…...
A Syrian Military Intervention Against Hezbollah
1+ week, 6+ day ago (387+ words) Recent media reports of US pressure on Syria to fight Hezbollah in the Bekaa have raised fears in war-torn Lebanon. A scenario that has long preoccupied many in Lebanon has gained renewed attention in recent days: A potential Syrian military…...
The Long Tail of Operation Epic Fury: Structural Disorder After the Guns Fall Silent
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1156+ words) What has emerged instead is not a transition from war to peace, but a system of managed instability in which disruption itself has become Iran's most effective and durable form of power. The war has not resolved the Iran problem....
When Regional Hedging Fails: War Comes to the Gulf's Doorstep
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (185+ words) The second round of U. S. Israeli attacks on Iran'have undone decades of Gulf statecraft built around stability, external security guarantees, and regional hedging. While the war has clearly exposed the limits of the United States as the Gulf's security guarantor, it…...
Western Narratives vs. Gulf Realities: Media Framing of the GCC in Times of Regional Conflict
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (574+ words) In such accounts, GCC states are often portrayed less as autonomous regional actors and more as dependents on security guarantees whose fate is closely tied to the trajectory of the Iran conflict and great-power deterrence. Another recurring narrative concerns Gulf…...