Iran

Defense May 29, 2026

Can the nearly $1 trillion‑a‑year US military really be depleting key weapons in Iran?

by Michael A. Allen, Boise State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire announced on April 7, 2026, after 40 days of…

Sign for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in front of the Marietta plant

Business, Defense industry May 24, 2026

Lockheed Martin building new missile plant in Troy, AL amid reports of depleting U.S. munition supply

By Larry Felton Johnson Lockheed Martin announced the construction of a new missile facility in Troy AL to “add 87,000 square feet of production space, supporting Terminal High Altitude Area…

International May 21, 2026

The war in Iran – again – points to the strategic shortcomings of assassination as policy of foreign affairs

by Brian O’Neill, Georgia Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The coordinated U.S.-Israeli strikes at the outset of the war in Iran killed…

International May 18, 2026

Why the Iran war is breaking the US‑European strategic alliance

by Farah N. Jan, University of Pennsylvania, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Days after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran began on Feb. 28, 2026,…

International May 6, 2026

The method in Iran’s madness? Closure of Strait of Hormuz echoes a centuries‑old Danish play − and is a tragedy for the world order

by Vivek Krishnamurthy, University of Colorado Boulder, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] More than two months into the war in Iran, navigation through the Strait…

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…

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…

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