Browsing: Philip H. Gordon

The Iran war revealed the failures of U.S. overreach,but it also underscored why abandoning the Middle East could create deeper security and economic challenges

To change the Middle East after the Iran war, Washington must abandon hubris, rebuild Gulf trust, and accept that unilateralism has failed catastrophically.

Don’t bury the U.S.-led order yet. Reform is possible, but strategic abandonment would trigger catastrophic conflict, proliferation, and economic ruin.

Strategic divergence over Gaza and Iran has shattered U.S.-European alignment, threatening the core structural pillars of the broader transatlantic alliance.