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When America attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities last month, both supporters and opponents thought it would have outsize consequences. Critics feared it would plunge the Middle East into a wider war.
The Middle East’s End of Ideology Across the region, transnational movements are giving way to a political model based on strong states.
Donald Trump has stumbled into a position of extraordinary power in the Middle East.
Opinion The Iran strike shows we don’t need bases in the Middle East Our massive gulf footprint is more liability than asset.
Auction houses, dealers and advisers are betting on the Middle East to play an outsized role in the next art-market turnaround. Despite a fragile cease-fire between Israel and Iran and unstable ...
Israel’s military success against Iran undermines one incentive for Saudi normalization and raises concerns about its growing power.
Europe has leverage in the Middle East it hasn’t allowed itself to use. But internal divisions among member states undermined the EU’s efficacy. Some EU leaders cautiously backed the International ...
A New Middle East? The scholar and diplomat Aaron David Miller unpacks what Trump’s bombing means for Iran, Israel and the U.S.
Former Biden Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned President Donald Trump’s strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities on Tuesday, though he held out some hope they’d have their intended effect.
Iran still has "considerable" abilities to threaten American forces and other interests in the Middle East despite Israeli and U.S. bombardment in recent days, the admiral nominated to lead U.S ...
While the military has not announced specifically where the Ford is headed, tensions in the Middle East could change the course of the aircraft carrier.
Antony Blinken: Trump’s Iran Strike Was a Mistake. I Hope It Succeeds.