Tag: US-Iran
What damage did the US do to Iran’s nuclear program? Why...
Joshua Rovner, American University
The U.S. Air Force dropped a dozen ground-penetrating bombs, each weighing 30,000 pounds (13,607 kilograms),...
What happens next in US-Iran relations will be informed by the...
Gregory F. Treverton, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The Trump administration’s decision to bomb Iran dramatically...
US bombs Iran’s nuclear sites: What led to Trump pulling the...
Javed Ali, University of Michigan
In the early hours of June 22, 2025, local time, the United States attacked...
What does Israel’s strike mean for US policy on Iran and...
Javed Ali, University of Michigan
Israel’s strike on Iranian nuclear and military facilities has pushed the Middle East one...
Saudi Arabia’s role as Ukraine war mediator advances Gulf nation’s diplomatic rehabilitation...
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University
Saudi Arabia is 2,000 miles from Ukraine and even more politically distant, so at...
US debt default could trigger dollar’s collapse – and severely erode...
Michael Humphries, Touro University
It’s a case of déjà vu all over again on the debt ceiling debate.
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...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
Protein powders and shakes contain high amounts of lead, new report...
C. Michael White, University of Connecticut
Powder and ready-to-drink protein sales have exploded, reaching over US$32 billion globally from...
