A senior Western diplomat said Iran’s rulers were vulnerable as never before, and any defiance was a gamble liable to backfire at a time of rising domestic unrest, impaired deterrence power and Israel ...

If Israel lacks the demographic weight to impose its own hegemonic order on the Middle East, it has instead constructed a ...

Tensions between Iran and Israel are reaching new heights as proxy forces clash across the region. With nuclear threats in ...

Iranian police arrested as many as 21,000 "suspects" during the country's 12-day war with Israel in June, a law enforcement ...

When they met on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu basked in the glow of ...

US president invokes attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites as he calls for countries in the region to join ‘Abraham Accords’.

HASAN T. ALHASAN is Senior Fellow for Middle East Policy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. EMILE HOKAYEM ...

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Since the collapse of ISIS, Iran has been the Middle East’s primary generator of regional instability. Its proxy groups have unleashed attacks on Israel, U.S. forces, Arab Gulf ...

An expert analyzes how China is responding to a new set of global challenges. China’s growing engagement in the Middle ...

Two were seized after Israel and the United States attacked Iranian targets in June, and two others have been held since 2024 ...

Japan stands at a pivotal moment, where diplomacy and strategy must converge to navigate rising tensions from the Middle East ...

Dan Perry led Associated Press coverage in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, including the Israel and Iran bureaus. He publishes Ask Questions Later on Substack.