Netanyahu’s Home Base Pushes Harder Than Trump’s: How Domestic Politics Shape the Iran War
The US-Israel war against Iran is shaped not only by strategic calculations and military realities but by the domestic political environments in which Trump and Netanyahu operate. Israeli Prime...
Iran and Israel Drag Gulf Energy Sector Into Conflict’s Most Costly Phase
Iran and Israel dragged the Gulf energy sector into the conflict's most costly phase on Wednesday when Israeli strikes on the South Pars gasfield were followed by Iran's sweeping...
Trump Turns on NATO After Alliance Refuses to Join Iran Military Push
President Donald Trump launched a public attack on NATO on Tuesday, expressing deep frustration after alliance members declined to take part in the US-Israel military operation against Iran. He...
European Countries Turn Down Trump’s Hormuz Request and Champion Peaceful Solutions
Leading European nations have refused to follow Donald Trump's lead on the Strait of Hormuz, declining to deploy warships despite the US president's insistence that NATO allies must share...
One-Fifth of Global Oil at Stake as Countries Balk at Hormuz Deployment
The stakes could hardly be higher — one-fifth of the world's oil supply hangs in the balance — yet country after country is declining to send warships to the...
Trump Calls Iran’s 47-Year History of Violence a Justification for Ongoing Bombing Campaign
Drawing a direct historical line between Iran's past conduct and the current military campaign, Donald Trump argued on social media Friday that Iranian leaders had been killing innocent people...