Opinion
Iran Counters Israel and America with Resilience in an Illegal, Imposed War
The US has lost multiple wars at the hands of supposedly weaker countries. Israel is in decay mode with a deepening economic crisis, and...
Who Decides What Is Legitimate? Power, Democracy, and the War on Iran
Democracy is invoked as moral legitimacy in war, while Iran’s authority rests on layered political, religious, and historical foundations
DEMOCRACY is not the enemy. Its...
Neither Preemptive Nor Legal, US‑Israeli Strikes on Iran Have Blown Up International Law
Shannon Brincat & Juan Zahir Naranjo Cáceres
THE joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran represent a further erosion of the international legal order. Under international law, these attacks...
The Iran War And the Ghost of Epstein
REPORTS and opinions published around March 2, 2026, show significant, ongoing debate regarding whether military actions initiated by the Trump administration against Iran are...
The Middle East: A Hub of Foreign Bases and Intelligence Agencies
Dr Aslam Abdullah
SOME maps show borders, rivers, and trade routes. And then there are other maps—rarely printed, seldom acknowledged—that chart runways in the desert,...