In the early morning of October 26, Israel launched the single largest military attack on Iranian territory since the Iran-Iraq war. The attack came nearly a month after Iran’s October 1 ballistic missile strikes on Israel, dubbed “Operation…
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How China’s Iran support could spark a Persian Gulf energy war – The Hill
How China’s Iran support could spark a Persian Gulf energy war The Hill
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Cooperation Between China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia: Current and Potential Future Threats to America
The structure of world politics is evolving in ways that challenge American global power more than at any time since the end of the Cold War. The United States now faces risks to its interests across East Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. To…
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Explainer: Iran’s Missile Assault on Israel
Iran launched at least 180 ballistic missiles at Israel in a massive two-wave assault on Oct. 1, 2024. Millions of civilians sought protection in bomb shelters. The risk of a regional war mounted as Jerusalem pledged retaliation. Iran “made a…
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China Says It Backs Iran Amid Middle East Conflict
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief.
The highlights this week: China offers moral support to Iran amid escalating conflict in the Middle East, U.S. defense officials say a new model of Chinese nuclear submarine sank this…
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‘Iran will be free soon’: Netanyahu tells ‘Persians’ amid air strikes on Lebanon
In a rare move, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday addressed Iranians amid Israel‘s massive aerial onslaught on Lebanon territory with the aim to wipe out Iran-backed Hezbollah, which has played an…
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Iran: Repression of women ‘intensifying’, two years on from mass protests
“The Islamic Republic of Iran relies on a system, both in law and in practice, that fundamentally discriminates on the grounds of gender,” the update noted, highlighting the far-reaching impacts on women and girls’ bodily autonomy, freedom…
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The danger of calling the Houthis an Iranian proxy
Since the Houthis began attacking international shipping, media coverage and official statements have defined them as an Iranian proxy, but this downplays the Houthis’ threat and obscures the solution to it. In truth, the Houthis are not…
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