Middle East
A Peace That Looks Like a Defeat: The US–Iran Deal and the Arithmetic of Nothing
On the strategic ledger, the United States fought a four-month war and bought itself a return to where it started — minus the blood, plus a strengthened adversary. Measured against its own declared aims, the celebration is domestic and political, not strategic.
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An analysis of the regional order taking shape after the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, the Hormuz blockade, and the slow collapse of American security guarantees in the Gulf.
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