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By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Australian National University; and Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Fellow, Victoria University Alarmed by an intelligence assessment that Iran will … Continue reading “Why did Israel defy Trump – and risk a major war – by striking Iran now? And what happens next?”
By Benjamin Zala, Senior Lecturer, Politics & International Relations, Monash University Conflict between Israel and Iran is intensifying, after Israeli airstrikes on key nuclear sites and targeted assassinations last week … Continue reading “Why is there so much concern over Iran’s nuclear program? And where could it go from here?”
By Jeffrey Fields, Professor of the Practice of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Relations between the United States and Iran have been fraught for decades … Continue reading “US and Iran have a long, complicated history, spanning far beyond Israel’s strikes on Tehran”