Does Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in the Democratic primary in Michigan show that the war on Gaza has transformed the foreign-policy debate inside the US Democratic Party.
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The US conflict with Iran has become part of a wider geopolitical equation that links the Middle East with Ukraine, Indo-Pacific competition, sanctions policy, and great-power rivalry.
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This week’s meeting between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could shape the future of the conflict with Iran.
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The most likely trajectory for Israel in the war against Iran is a calibrated campaign combining military pressure, leadership strikes, intelligence operations, and attacks on strategic military assets.
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The Strait of Hormuz has become Washington’s primary battlefield focus in its conflict with Iran, suggesting that it is not seeking a decisive military victory.
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Why is Washington recalibrating its approach to the Iran war?
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The confrontation between Iran and the US has entered a new phase in which military action and diplomacy are increasingly interconnected instruments of statecraft.
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Underlying fractures may be emerging beneath the surface of the traditionally unshakeable US-Israeli alliance.
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Is Trump trying to end the war against Iran in a bid to avoid defeat in the upcoming congressional elections.
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Monica William Fawzy takes stock of the Trump-Xi summit in the light of the Iran crisis and the reshaping of global power dynamics
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The emerging alignment between Russia and Iran should be understood less as a traditional alliance and more as a dynamic framework of managed cooperation, notably in maritime security, energy, and nuclear diplomacy.
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It is not clear whether the US is pursuing negotiations for real or simply using them to buy time.
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The US is standing at a strategic crossroads in its war against Iran, where every available policy option carries a significant cost.
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Contradiction, coercion, and strategic signalling reveal not a coherent grand strategy but a fluid and pressure-driven approach shaped by uncertainty, domestic constraints, and shifting geopolitical realities in the US war against Iran, writes Monica William Fawzy
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The US-Israeli war with Iran is producing a pattern of US losses from operational limitations and resource depletion to political fragmentation, declining support among voters, institutional strain within the military, and growing tensions with allies.
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The fall-out from the release of more files relating to disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein continues to dominate US public opinion at the expense of more substantive issues, writes Monica William Fawzy
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Trump’s recent decisions reflect a broader transformation in American foreign policy, with power, resources, and geography replacing respect for institutions and diplomacy.
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Israel is entering the new year at a critical juncture, being more powerful, more isolated, and more reliant on the US than ever before.
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Over several years of polarisation, institutional strain, and internal party conflict, the last month has offered a particularly sharp snapshot of how quickly US politics is evolving
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Trump’s visit to Israel bears a geopolitical message after the Gaza agreement
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