A war meant to bend Tehran now traps Washington The Iranian crisis now carries all the familiar features of recent Western wars: overwhelming technological superiority, deep-strike capabilities, enormous military spending and, at the same time, uncertain political results, sometimes opposite to the stated goals. The United States has…
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Iran, the Geography of Attrition and the New War of Corridors Why Tehran Is Weaker, but No Less Central The temptation is strong: to look at Iran today, observe sanctions, oil difficulties, American military pressure, the rise of Turkey, the energy reorganization of the Gulf, and conclude that…
A War That Does Not Protect Us There is one point Europe continues to avoid, as if it had become inconvenient even to name it: the attack on Iran is not merely another episode in the long hostility between the United States, Israel, and the Islamic Republic. It…
Glenn Diesen’s intervention at the United Nations as an indictment of the Western media system The War of Narratives and Diplomacy Made Impossible Glenn Diesen’s intervention at the United Nations as an indictment of the Western media system The intervention delivered by Glenn Diesen at the United Nations…