Iran

International April 22, 2026

Why the US military is stuck using $1 million missiles against Iran’s $20,000 drones

by Aaron Brynildson, University of Mississippi, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] It may sound hard to believe, but the almost trillion-dollar U.S. military is struggling…

Outline of the map of Iran with an Irani flag superimposed on it

International April 17, 2026

US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare

by Jeffrey Fields, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] With U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s…

International April 16, 2026

The Islamabad talks were doomed to failure – and Hormuz blockade has thrown another obstacle to any Iran‑US deal

by Farah N. Jan, University of Pennsylvania, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Twenty-one hours of direct negotiations. The highest-level face-to-face engagement between Washington and Tehran…

International April 16, 2026

Iran’s military forces combine state‑of‑the‑art drones and hackers with out‑of‑date conventional weapons

by Paul J. Springer, Air University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Six weeks of U.S. and Israeli bombardment have served to degrade Iran’s nuclear facilities…

International April 15, 2026

4 ways the war in Iran has weakened the United States in the great power game

by Jeffrey Taliaferro, Tufts University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” Napoleon Bonaparte’s maxim may well…

International April 10, 2026

Debate over US war crimes, illegal military orders returns with Trump threats against Iran

by Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 9, 2026 WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s threats to destroy power plants and…

drawing of oil drilling and processing machinery

Energy April 8, 2026

Why the Persian Gulf has more oil and gas than anywhere else on Earth

by Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] It has been said that Persian Gulf countries are both blessed and cursed…

International April 7, 2026

Hormuz closure threatens the global food supply – why grocery price hikes are coming

by Aya S. Chacar, Florida International University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The global energy crisis caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz…

International April 6, 2026

Bypass the Strait of Hormuz with nuclear explosives? The US studied that in Panama and Colombia in the 1960s

by Christine Keiner, Rochester Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] With the world struggling to get oil supplies moving from the Middle East,…

International April 6, 2026

How will the Iran war change the Middle East? We asked 5 experts

by Scott Lucas, University College Dublin; Andrew Thomas, Deakin University; Chris Ogden, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Jessica Genauer, UNSW Sydney, and Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University, [This article…

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Food Safety April 26, 2026