The US- and Israeli-led war on Iran has been, with a few key caveats, a quick military success for the United States and its allies. That doesn’t mean it’ll be a strategic success. Indeed, the …
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The US dollar has been the world’s dominant currency for the past seven decades, having overtaken the pound sterling after World War II and Britain’s subsequent loss of most of its empire. The dollar’s dominance …
The difficulty of managing global responsibilities while maintaining democratic values and processes has been made evident again by the on-going US strikes against Iran. This week, both houses of the US Congress will vote on …
If recent days have shown anything, it is that the United States and Israel retain the capacity to dismantle a state’s military infrastructure (and even leadership) at speed. But dismantling a regime is another matter …
Saturday night, a missile struck the United States 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, a base where I served in 2023. That strike is a reminder of how much the strategic landscape has hardened in recent …