US–Israel Strikes on Iran: What Next for the Middle East?

The Iran Factor in Trump’s Cyber Strategy

Trump’s 2026 cyber strategy reflects both an assertion of American technological power and an acknowledgement of the limits of cyber dominance in a protracted, multi-domain conflict ...

Military Power and Its Discontents

For students of international relations, the US-Iran conflict is neither novel nor predictable. It reaffirms salience of military power but highlights the constraints of interindependence ...

Negotiations As Theater: Trump’s Iran Approach Under Scrutiny

Iran’s participation in the second round of negotiation is unclear on the eve of the end of ceasefire duration. Incendiary rhetoric ahead of talks defeats the purpose as there’s no ...

War Has a Price: Who Pays and What It Means for Investment

War’s economic costs from unlawful force often fall on host States and investors, not the responsible State. ...

Trump's Naval Blockade of Hormuz: Kinetic Economic Coercion

America threatens a naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. This marks a move from diplomacy to economic warfare. The US aims to cut Iran's oil revenue. This strategy seeks ...

The Structural Failure of the Iran-US Islamabad Talks

Perhaps the only good thing to come out of the talks is the climb-down of both parties from a tone that evoked open hostility to one that is merely accusatory ...

Chinese Lessons from the War in the Middle East

The PLA’s effectiveness in translating insights into operational capability will be critical not only in a US-China contingency, but also across other theatres, including South Asia ...

The Hormuz Crisis and South Korea’s Energy–Alliance Nexus

The Hormuz crisis has exposed South Korea’s energy vulnerability, compelling urgent supply-chain adjustments and prompting a reassessment of its alliance calculus with the United States ...

The US-Iran War: How It Is Redefining the Global Order

US, Israel have shown military superiority, yet Iran retains ability to impose costs & shape outcomes ...

Beijing Concludes Trump Faces a Strategic Iran Trap as Allies Dwindle

The Middle East war, now in its second month, highlights operational limits for the US and Iran's fragile control despite escalating costs ...

Trump’s Domestic Signalling and Battlefield Realities

Even a relatively insulated US economy cannot entirely escape the ripple effects of sustained disruptions in one of the world's most critical energy corridors. ...

Dominance without Control: Naval Dynamics in Operation Epic Fury

Despite overwhelming conventional superiority, Operation Epic Fury reveals the limits of US naval dominance as Iran’s asymmetric sea-denial strategy turns control of the Strait of Hormuz into a protracted contest ...

Lessons from Ukraine and Iran: Adaptation Remains Key

Initial superiority determines outcomes less than the ability to learn, adjust and endure in a highly dynamic theatre of war ...

Beyond Technology: The ‘Way of War’ in the Iran Conflict

Notwithstanding the demonstrable effects of battlefield technologies, the Iran war shows that differing ways of war remain critical in the conduct of war and in decisive outcomes ...

The Iran–Israel Equation: Strategic Depth versus Technological Superiority

In the Iran–Israel confrontation, Israel’s technological military dominance clashes with Iran’s strategic depth, missiles, and proxies, producing prolonged attrition without decisive victory ...

The US-Iran Crisis: The Choreography of Negotiations

The proposed framework, if it indeed mandates the physical removal of enriched uranium, possibly with external facilitation, marks a significant escalation in demands compared to earlier nuclear agreements. ...

The US-Iran Crisis and Global Energy Geopolitics

Iran's decision to shut off the Strait of Hormuz on March 1 was not merely an act of retaliation; it was a calculated demonstration of its enduring capacity to disrupt ...

A Strait Too Far? Japan’s Hormuz Dilemma

As tensions rise in the Strait of Hormuz, Tokyo is attempting to balance legal constraints, energy vulnerability, and an increasingly unpredictable Washington ...

The Hidden Costs of US-Israel-Iran Conflict

Strait of Hormuz disruptions from the US–Israel–Iran conflict are driving oil and fertiliser price spikes, threatening global food security, supply chains, and inflation. ...

Beyond the Gulf: China’s Strategic Calculus in the US–Israel Conflict with Iran

The 2026 Iran war exposes China’s energy vulnerabilities but simultaneously creates strategic space for Beijing to expand diplomatic influence, recalibrate partnerships, and advance its position within a shifting global order ...

Will the US-Israel Conflict with Iran Reshape Gulf Strategic Calculus?

India's Strategic Balancing in the Middle East

France’s Middle East Balancing Act under Strain amid the Iran War

Amid the Iran war, France navigates a delicate balance between defence commitments, diplomacy, and alliance politics, exposing both its strategic resolve and constrained influence ...

A War in West Asia, Shockwaves Across Indo-Pacific Sea Lanes

The US-Israel war on Iran underscores how conflicts in West Asia can swiftly disrupt the maritime arteries sustaining the Indo-Pacific ...

Russia’s Strategic Calculus After the Strikes on Iran

Russia backs Iran diplomatically after the strikes but avoids deeper involvement, constrained by the Ukraine war, ties with Israel, and broader strategic priorities ...

The Hormuz Challenge Facing Trump

The Hormuz 'coalition' was never going to take off. Why, after all, would America's allies want to participate in a crisis not of their making? ...

Continuity or Change? Decoding the UN Security Council Resolution on Iran

As the UNSC breaks its recent record of paralysis over the Iran crisis, the resolution highlights both the growing agency of Gulf powers and the persistent constraints of great-power rivalry ...

The Trump-driven Push for a ‘New Middle East’

Trump’s push to remake the Middle East through war with Iran may prove strategic overreach, risking a prolonged conflict and wider regional instability ...

Is Russia Winning the US-Iran War?

The current crisis promises tens of billions of dollars to Russia in additional revenue. Here's how. ...

US-Israel War on Iran and Rise of African Pragmatism

The unfolding US-Israel war on Iran has exposed a shift in African diplomacy, where pragmatic calculation and strategic flexibility increasingly outweigh ideological positioning in foreign policy responses ...

A Maritime Turn For The US-Iran Conflict

Touted as the first major naval casualty in the Indian Ocean since the Second World War, the attack by the US on IRIS Dena brings the Iran crisis eerily close ...

US–Israel War on Iran: Second-Order Coercion and Strategic Fragmentation

In the ongoing US–Israel conflict with Iran, Tehran targets Gulf states to exert second-order coercion on Washington and Tel Aviv, while the US–Israeli campaign seeks to degrade Iran’s capabilities and ...

The US-Iran War Affects India, Rest of Asia More Than China

China's role in the Middle East conflict is often overstated, with claims of significant military hardware failures and energy security threats being factually incorrect ...

Tracking the Intelligence Landscape in the 2026 Iran War

The 2026 Iran war reveals how modern conflict is shaped by fused intelligence—HUMINT, technical surveillance, and AI—accelerating warfare while exposing new vulnerabilities in escalation control and decision-making ...

The Global Costs of Instability in the Strait of Hormuz

Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz reveal how a single maritime chokepoint can disrupt energy flows, paralyse trade, and transmit regional conflict into wider global economic instability ...

The 'Big Money' Driving Trump's Blitz On Iran

The Eerily Familiar Game Behind China's Silence On Iran

What looks like a setback for Beijing in West Asia might actually be more leverage - a chance to build long-term capital without firing a single shot. ...

A Void in Iran and Its Reverberations

India must again walk diplomatic tightrope; calibrated response reflects simultaneous partnerships ...

US-Israel Strikes on Iran: Experts React to “Operation Epic Fury”

US-Israel Strikes Tip Middle East into A New Crisis

How China Sees the US-Iran Standoff

China's perspective on the US-Iran conflict is that American military pressure, driven by domestic politics, is escalating tensions despite ongoing diplomatic efforts ...