Iraq’s foreign policy is shaped by internal rivalries and militia influence, not strategy; pro-U.S. factions gain as Iran weakens.
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For the first time in 25 years, more Americans sympathize with Palestinians than Israel; bipartisan support is slipping away.
Trump’s war on Iran echoes Bush’s 2003 Iraq invasion: false claims, ignored allies, and no exit plan.
On Saturday, as President Donald Trump announced that the United States had launched a major attack on Iran, the Israeli…
An air-only regime-change campaign is untested and doubtful; can bombs alone unseat a regime? The Gulf will soon test this.
Trump and Iran are playing a game of chicken; neither wants war, but each believes the other will blink.
Two Iran-aligned Iraqi factions are openly recruiting for war, alarming the Iraqi government; the factions “listen to no one.”
Iraq’s election is quiet, but the next prime minister faces monumental challenges: water, U.S. demands, and U.S.-Iran entanglement.
Trump’s push for war with Iran is driven not by strategy, but by political survival—a desperate attempt to silence critics.
The U.S. has assembled its largest military force in the Middle East since the 2003 Iraq War—two carrier strike groups and over 60 jets in Jordan.