War and National Security
Object Lessons
The ceasefire in the Persian Gulf is a prelude to an emerging, precarious realignment.
The War on Gaza Has Not Ended
A hundred days after Trump’s Board of Peace was ratified, nothing has improved here.
The Catastrophe That Has Befallen All of Us
The director of an art center in Tehran on life under U.S.-Israeli bombardment.
Millenarian Fantasies
In Lebanon, Israel seems to be following the same logic it deployed in Gaza: emptying out entire areas through what amounts to ethnic cleansing.
The Shadow of Iraq
Crisis returns to Baghdad in the aftermath of the expanding U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Iran After Khamenei
An interview with sociologist Asef Bayat on the U.S.-Israeli war, democratic opposition to the Islamic Republic, and the country’s uncertain future.
The War No One Wanted
In Sudan, the forces unleashed by the remnants of Bashir’s regime have not won. Even under siege, life continues.
With photographs by Salih Basheer
The Mask Comes Off
Trump, Venezuela, and what’s really happening to the “rules-based international order.“
The Path to the Trump Doctrine
From Syria to Lebanon to Gaza, the coercion central to the new regime has been incubated in the Middle East.
Empire of Vice
In a perverse twist on virtue signaling, the Trump administration is training Americans in the politics of raw domination.
The Struggle for Honduras
U.S. meddling casts a dark shadow over recent elections, following four years of left-wing government under Xiomara Castro.
Our Man for Tehran
The U.S.- and Israel-backed campaign positioning Reza Pahlavi, son of the Shah, for regime change in Iran.
Gaza and the End of History
The apocalyptic scale of death and destruction lays bare the contradictions at the heart of the liberal international order.
“Where’s our bomb?”
Trita Parsi talks with Rajan Menon about the “self-fulfilling prophecy” set in motion by Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran.
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