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Sep 30, 2025
The annual September gathering of world leaders in New York, which has just ended, is less important for what the UN does (which is little in the realm of preventing or ending wars)...
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Sep 4, 2025
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Jun 26, 2025
We are now in the third phase of the current crisis in the Middle East. In the previous two phases, the initiative was with Israel and then the US. Now it has passed to Iran.
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Jun 16, 2025
Former CFR president Richard Haass predicts that the Iran-Israel war could "stay messy for a long time," Monday morning on MSNBC.
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Apr 1, 2025
The war between Russia and Ukraine continues unabated. Neither side is in a position to achieve its stated objectives through military force. But now there is significant diplomatic...
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Jan 6, 2025
It is hard to think of a country that has lost as much influence in as short a time as has Iran. Until recently, it was arguably the most important regional actor in the Middle East,...
