Middle East

America cannot end the war without pragmatic dealmakers in Tehran

Middle East Stephen Holmes - March 10, 2026.

A senior US State Department official recently summarized the Trump administration’s approach to regime change in three words: “decapitate and delegate.” Remove an intransigent leader, weaken...

Iran's dangerous attempt to export the conflict to Azerbaijan

Middle East Oleksandr Levchenko - March 10, 2026.

The territory of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, separated from the main part of Azerbaijan by the territories of other states, was attacked by Iranian drones...

France sends warships to Suez and Hormuz – Europe's response to a new maritime crisis

Middle East Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - March 10, 2026.

France has decided to increase its naval presence significantly in the eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea as the war in the Middle East begins to...

Can Central Asia remain unscathed by the war in Iran?

Middle East Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - March 9, 2026.

In addition to the wider Middle East, the war in Iran has placed the countries of Central Asia in a very unfavourable position. The region, geographically...

Is Russia just an observer of the war in Iran, or something more?

Russia TA | AP Insight - March 8, 2026.

As U.S. and Israeli missiles and bombs rain on Iran, Russia has responded with words of indignation but no visible action to support its Middle...

Encouraging separatism in Iran would be a bad strategy

Middle East Michael Burleigh - March 7, 2026.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally gotten his war with Iran, the one regional power that Israel truly fears. While the United States is nominally...

Did the US underestimate the risk to its Gulf Arab allies?

Middle East TA | AP Insight - March 6, 2026.

The Trump administration is confronting mounting discontent from allies in the Persian Gulf who have complained they were not given adequate time to prepare for...

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