by Gregory F. Treverton, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When the bombing of Iran began on Feb….
by Sarah Burns, Rochester Institute of Technology; Institute for Humane Studies, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the…
by Farah N. Jan, University of Pennsylvania, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Shortly after the opening salvo of U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran on Feb. 28,…
by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Washington’s allies in the Persian Gulf have found themselves in a position they have…
by Donald Heflin, Tufts University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] After the largest buildup of U.S. warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades,…
by Javed Ali, University of Michigan, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] After U.S. and Israeli missiles struck Iran’s nuclear sites in June 2025, Tehran responded…
by Angélica Durán-Martínez, UMass Lowell, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The death of a major cartel boss in Mexico has unleashed a violent backlash in…
by Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University and Elizaveta Gaufman, University of Groningen, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Perceived wisdom has it that the longer a war…
by Amy McAuliffe, University of Notre Dame, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] With Russian ground troops bogged down in a grinding war of attrition, Moscow…
by Farah N. Jan, University of Pennsylvania, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The United States is seemingly moving toward a potential strike on Iran. On…