Tag: Iran
Why the US-Iran conflict isn’t driving oil prices higher – and...
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
Assassinations, militaries on high alert, geopolitical tensions at the boil. Any one of these in Persian Gulf countries would...
Trump asks NATO allies for help with Iran after years of...
Klaus W. Larres, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
U.S. President Donald Trump took a tough line in his address to the nation Jan....
We’re living in the bizarre world that Flaubert envisioned
Susanna Lee, Georgetown University
Are we all trapped in a live-action version of Flaubert’s “Madame Bovary”?
The Jan. 3 assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was...
Killing of Soleimani evokes dark history of political assassinations in the...
Deina Abdelkader, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who promoted the religious and political influence of the Iranian regime across the Middle East with...
How countries in conflict, like Iran and the US, still talk...
Klaus W. Larres, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Even countries that have broken ties with each other need to communicate in times of...
With the US and Iran on the brink of war, the...
President Donald Trump’s policy toward Iran is in deep crisis. The president’s approach has the support neither of America’s allies nor of its strategic...
Freddie Mercury’s family faith: The ancient religion of Zoroastrianism
Vasudha Narayanan, University of Florida
In the Freddie Mercury biopic, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” there’s a scene in which a family member scolds Mercury.
“So now the family...
What torching Iran deal says about US commitment to nuclear security
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
President Donald Trump pulling the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal flies in the face of hundreds of...
EXPLORING NATURE
Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX’s Starship could transform astronomy by making space...
Martin Elvis, Smithsonian Institution
After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully...
