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Middle East conflict looks increasingly like a war nobody can win
Bamo Nouri, City St George’s, University of London and Inderjeet Parmar, City St George’s, University of London…
What will it take to get ships going through the Strait of Hormuz again?
Jennifer Parker, The University of Western Australia; UNSW Sydney Wednesday’s ceasefire announcement by President Donald Trump, linked…
Why hasn’t the US military used force to secure the Strait of Hormuz?
The Conversation, CC BY-SA Justin Bergman, The Conversation; Matt Garrow, The Conversation, and Mitchell Costello, The Conversation Since…
The global price tag of war in the Middle East
The US-Israeli war with Iran has generated a media economy of its own, dominated by body counts, bomb…
Oil, petrol, gasoline: a chemical engineer explains how crude turns into fuel
Image credits: anankkml/Getty Zachary Aman, The University of Western Australia As the US–Israel war on Iran escalates, so…
How the Iran war could create a ‘fertiliser shock’ – an often ignored global risk to food prices and farming
Most shipping companies have suspended journeys through the strait of Hormuz Nima Shokri, United Nations University and…
Trump demands an end to the war in Gaza – could a ceasefire be close?
Anas-Mohammed/Shutterstock Marika Sosnowski, The University of Melbourne Hopes are rising that Israel and Hamas could be inching closer…
US and Iran have a long, complicated history, spanning decades before US strikes on nuclear sites
People observe fire and smoke from an Israeli airstrike on an oil depot in Tehran, Iran, on June…
The commitment trap: How Israel, Iran and the US risk becoming prisoners to policies
Israel and Iran have long been locked in a path toward conflict. Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images Andrew…
US bombs Iran’s nuclear sites: What led to Trump pulling the trigger – and what happens next?
US President Donald Trump addresses the nation on Iran strikes on June 21, 2025. Carlos Barria/AFP via Getty…
Iran-Israel ‘threshold war’ has rewritten nuclear escalation rules
Smoke rises from locations targeted in Tehran amid the third day of Israel’s waves of strikes against Iran,…
Iran’s strikes on Israel are the latest sign that the conflict in the Middle East is spiraling, presenting rising global security threats
Iran fired at least 180 ballistic missiles at Israel on Oct. 1, 2024, amplifying tensions in the Middle…
It would be a mistake for Israel to invade Lebanon – here’s why
The death of Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on September 27 has left…
Nobel Peace Prize 2023: Award For Iranian Women’s Rights Protester Highlights Fight Against Declining Democracy Around The World
‘Democracy is in decline’ says Nobel committee chair Berit Reiss-Andersen, as she gives the award to Iranian women’s…
As BRICS Cooperation Accelerates, Is It Time For The US To Develop A BRICS Policy?
BRICS foreign ministers meet in Cape Town, South Africa, in June 2023. Jaco Marais/Die Burger/Gallo Images via Getty…
How Countries In Conflict, Like Iran And The US, Still Talk To Each Other
Even countries that have broken ties with each other need to communicate in times of crisis and war.…
A Brief History Of The US-Iran Conflict
Last Friday, January 03, a US drone strike killed General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force…
In Iran Showdown, Conflict Could Explode Quickly – And Disastrously
Despite the claims of optimists, the odds that an international conflict will snowball into a bloody war haven’t…
Qassem Suleimani Air Strike: Why This Is A Dangerous Escalation Of US Assassination Policy
The US government has killed Iranian general Qassem Suleimani, commander of the Quds Force, the elite wing of…
What Does The Trump Administration Want From Iran?
Two oil tankers were attacked on June 13 off the coast of Oman, forcing the crew members of…
Yemen : Understanding The Conflict
The military conflict now escalating in Yemen threatens the lives of more than 250,000 people in the port city…
The Middle East’s Cold War, Explained
The Middle East is one of the most complex regions in the world. Since the 20th century, it…
A Walk Through The Old Pastry Shops Of Downtown Tehran
“The Armenians, the Turks and the Greeks all claim to have invented Turkish coffee.” “So who was it,…