America and Israel share an enemy — not a strategy
As fighting spreads across the Gulf, the war is often portrayed as a unified campaign against Iran. It is not. The reality, as is often the case in the
What if Iran’s next target is the Gulf’s water supply?
For years, Gulf security has been discussed through the familiar vocabulary of oil, shipping lanes and missile defense. However, following the recent US
US dispatched Marines to Mideast, feeding Iran invasion warnings
In what has been described as a potential “major escalation” of the Trump administration’s war with Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reportedly
Pulpit to Pentagon: the evangelicals who see Iran war as God’s plan
As the American and Israeli war with Iran unfolds, some American Christians are speaking of the conflict in biblical terms, mapping end-time prophecies on
Trump: US Navy sank unarmed Iran ship because it was ‘more fun’
President Donald Trump said the US Navy chose to sink an Iranian frigate, killing more than 100 sailors last week, even though the ship
That torpedo that sank Iran ship: old tech, hard to defend against
A US submarine sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off the southern coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing 87 people. The submarine struck the ship with
Iran betting Gulf pain will force Trump to seek a deal
Washington’s allies in the Persian Gulf have found themselves in a position they have long sought to avoid: on the front line and bearing the brunt of a
Claims Russia helping Iran target US assets are credible
The Washington Post, AP and others have reported that Russia is providing Iran with intelligence to target US forces, including the locations of
Beyond hope and hype: five certainties in the AI storm
The just-published Anthropic paper by Massenkoff and McCrory is a genuinely careful, well-intentioned and much-needed piece of work. The authors build a
The US is unlikely to curtail China’s critical minerals dominance
The United States government recently hosted a critical minerals summit aimed at reducing China’s predominant role in the global production of
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