Iran Surrender Talk masks a war that neither nuclear concessions nor regime collapse can deliver, leaving a skeletal ceasefire as the only realistic exit.
Browsing: Paul R. Pillar
Houthi attacks at Bab el-Mandeb cut Saudi oil exports, raise fuel prices, and tilt the U.S.-Iranian endurance contest toward Tehran.
Cross-border chaos is erasing Middle East sovereignty, spreading the U.S.-Iran war across Yemen, Egypt, and into Ukraine in a Hobbesian breakdown.
Strategic denial of battlefield realities erodes international trust and fundamentally degrades the ethical foundation of US command structures.
The discovery of unauthorized tactical installations in Iraq undermines state sovereignty and fractures Western security partnerships across the Middle East.
Explore how the Trump administration’s latest diplomatic push addresses Hezbollah Strength and the strategic linkage between Lebanon and the Persian Gulf.
Impulsive decision-making and the exclusion of cabinet-level expertise led to a unilateral war effort primarily shaped by foreign influence and gut instinct.
Conflicting U.S.-Israeli war aims and Israel’s doctrine of perpetual military dominance risk trapping Washington in an open-ended conflict with no clear endgame
Younger Americans oppose Israeli dominance. Carlson and Kent rebel. US and Israeli objectives diverge. Normalization could be war’s silver lining.
Trump bombs US-Arab relations back to 1970s: war destroys détente, oil at $100. US mired in self-made morass.