When the U.S. attacked Iran, many pointed to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq as a parallel. But it is important to stress the ...

White House officials continue to swagger, but there may be less cause for optimism than they would have the public believe ...

Possible precedents for an Iran air occupation include Israel’s aerial dominance over the Gaza Strip and Lebanon and the U.S.

U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites sparked sharply divergent reactions. Those who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan have a ...

Iran has long held that conflict with Israel can be managed by limiting its retaliation within clearly defined parameters.

Future conflicts may be decoupled from oil shocks, giving Western powers more freedom to engage politically in the region ...

Countries that aligned themselves with the US have used oil as a jump-start to global economic status. But those who resisted have seen destruction ...

This video compares three pivotal military campaigns the 2022 Russia–Ukraine war, the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, and ...

(THE CONVERSATION) After 12 days of trading deadly airstrikes, Israel and Iran confirmed on June 24, 2025, that a ceasefire is in effect, one day after President Donald Trump proclaimed the countries ...

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Soon after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, two major U.S. news organizations characterized the event in contrasting ways.

It is absurd because history’s examples of unconditional surrender mostly have followed brutal destruction — Dresden, ...