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Even if Israel and the Trump administration entered the battle against Iran together, there is probably a difference in their perspectives on the goals of the current conflict This wave of escalation would be distinct from its predecessors in 2024 and 2025,...
Major players are less sensitive to crises; asymmetry of potential is hardly an obstacle to resistance; a lack of allies is a problem; but being a junior partner can lead to being held hostage to a major player’s game The US-Israeli military campaign against Iran has reached its first critical juncture. It can be characterised as an attempt at a crushing, disarming strike. The targets included the country’s spiritual, political, and military leadership, as well as its industrial,...
... politics, overwhelming military superiority has long been regarded as the ultimate guarantor of security. The United States remains the world’s most capable military power in terms of global reach, technological sophistication, and alliance networks. Israel, likewise, possesses advanced capabilities unmatched in its immediate region. Yet modern conflicts increasingly demonstrate a sobering reality: battlefield dominance does not automatically translate into strategic success. The recent war in Gaza ...
... favour of a military scenario being likely. First of all, the US has very specific motives for conducting an operation at this particular moment. Iran has been one of Washington's key and consistent adversaries for over forty years. Iran's relations with Israel, a key US ally in the region, are even more acrimonious. The two allies assume that Iran has been pursuing nuclear weapons for many years. The successful example of North Korea, which has become a de facto nuclear power, is an important example ...
... civilizational dimensions of injustice in international relations in the era of globalization. In his interpretation, Takfirism appears both as a distortion of Islamic values and as an instrument of anti-Islamic policy pursued by the United States and Israel, embodied in Zionism and in the obstruction of a peaceful resolution of the Palestinian question. Al-Houthi viewed the militarist expansion of the United States following the 2003 occupation of Iraq as a signal for the mobilization of the Arab ...
The deal may pause Syria-Israel tensions, but core issues like Golan, sovereignty and trust are still missing As attention in the Middle East continues to gravitate toward unfolding crises in Gaza and the broader Arab-Israeli landscape, a less visible yet potentially consequential ...
... stands on the brink of humanitarian disaster: tens of thousands of people dead, mass displacement, collapsing infrastructure, famine and outbreaks of disease. Conflict dynamics The war in Gaza began on October 7, 2023, with Hamas's surprise attack on Israel. In response, the Israeli army launched a large-scale military operation in the Gaza Strip and imposed a complete blockade on the territory. Within the first months of hostilities, the humanitarian cost was severe: by late 2023, the death toll ...
... converge. The Persian Gulf has become a focal point of international interest and attention since the Arab Spring uprisings broke out in 2011. Recent events suggest that tides are changing. Attacks against Qatar, first by Iran in June and then by Israel this month, indicate a significant change in the region's security landscape. The attacks have called into question the fundamental strategic presumptions that have served as the foundation for Gulf Arab state security doctrines for the past fifty ...
... war" dynamic The tension between Iran and Azerbaijan has gone beyond a mere diplomatic spat—it has become a reflection of deeper shifts in the geopolitical balance across the South Caucasus. Tehran has accused its northern neighbor of allowing Israel to use Azerbaijani territory to launch attacks deep inside Iran, an allegation that resurfaced during the recent twelve-day escalation. Despite repeated denials from Baku, the relationship between the two countries has become increasingly strained ...
The actions of Israel and the US are reviving the narrative that some states have the right to develop nuclear weapons and use force only because they consider themselves civilized His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. When ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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