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Suzanne Maloney appeared on ABC News Live to discuss the U.S.-Iran relationship after American strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
From the very start of this crisis, which goes all the way back to 2002, what Iran has built in terms of industrial-scale enrichment has all the hallmarks of a programme that’s intended..."
The combination of strikes and the killing of key security and nuclear personnel is going to make it very difficult for Iran to reconstitute the program to the level that it was at..."
Tehran always has options…It could not only launch missiles but also cyberattacks, deploy its proxy militant groups or even escalate its nuclear program, bringing it closer to a rush to..."
Voters were rejecting Yoon and the party that enabled the martial law decision.
[The failed launch at the Chongjin shipyard] not only undermined the narrative of North Korea’s powerful naval build-up, but it also cast doubt on whether North Korea has the actual..."
Joshua White unpacks how the recent India-Pakistan conflict will shape the next one with Carnegie’s Milan Vaishnav on Grand Tamasha.
I think it validates Beijing’s view that it was correct to take a dark view of U.S. intentions — and prepare for the eventuality of a second trade war with the policies it has pursued..."
There’s still much we don’t know about the roles of various international actors, but it’s clear over the past three days that at least three countries were working to de-escalate – the..."
Robert Kagan joined the Financial Times Weekend Festival at the Kennedy Center’s Reach as a discussant on the panel “America and the World – A Relationship on the Brink,” exploring U.S....