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This aerial view shows patches of water by a bridge in the mostly-dry riverbed of Syria's Orontes (Assi) river during an extreme drought in the city of Jisr al-Shughur in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on August 4, 2025.

Syria Don’t let Syria’s recovery become collateral damage in the Iran-US war

Dafna H. Rand, Jad Abdel Nour

September 15, 2026

People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul on August 20, 2026. North Korea fired around 10 short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea's military said on August 20, hours after US President Donald Trump said he would meet Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong Un later this year.

Asia & the Pacific The Iran war and America’s widening strategy gap in Asia

Andrew Yeo

September 2, 2026

An Iranian national flag is placed by the rubble of a collapsed building following strikes at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran on April 7, 2026.

Iran Blowback: How the Iran war may change the world

Experts from across Brookings analyze the long-term implications of the war and provide policy recommendations for decisionmakers in Washington and around the world.

September 2, 2026

Iranian-made Zolfaghar missiles are displayed at Azadi Square in Tehran on August 2, 2026.

International Affairs Iran unleashed

Robert Kagan

August 23, 2026

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