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Stakeholders must demand major restructuring of the Board of Peace and robust oversight and transparency before engaging with it. Until then, rights-respecting existing platforms and mechanisms for multilateral peacemaking should be supported. With world attention focused on the war spreading from Iran to the Middle East and beyond, multilateralism and …

The country’s strategy is no longer focused on deterrence and diplomacy, it’s about dominance and degradation. In launching war against Iran, Israel has made unmistakably clear that it is operating according to a strategic logic very different from the one that has long guided its statecraft. The United States may …

Iran would target shipping in the Red Sea, a crucial conduit for global oil and other goods leading to the Suez Canal, if the United States launches a ground invasion, an unnamed military official told local media Wednesday. “If the enemy attempts a ground operation on Iranian islands or anywhere …

The drone strike on the British air base in Akrotiri brings Europe’s proximity to the conflict in Iran into sharp relief. In the fog of war, old tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean risk being reignited, and regional stakeholders must avoid escalation. Two weeks into the massive U.S. and Israeli military …

While the Gulf states find themselves directly in the line of fire, their frustration is not directed only at Tehran, but increasingly at fellow Arab states whose response has been muted, symbolic, or absent altogether. As far as the Gulf states are concerned, the Arab response is just background noise. …

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L’amiral Ali Akbar Ahmadian, représentant du Guide suprême de la Révolution islamique et de la République islamique au Conseil de défense iranien, a répondu aux informations de médias américains selon lesquelles l’administration américaine envisage une intervention terrestre en Iran. Selon le New York Times, le déploiement de la 82e division …

Trump est tombé dans un piège préparé de longue date : une guerre qu’il ne peut pas gagner, selon des règles qu’il ne maîtrise pas. Ce qui devait être une démonstration de force redessine aujourd’hui le Moyen-Orient et accélère un basculement vers un ordre international fragmenté et posthégémonique. Trump pris …

NOTE: ISW-CTP will no longer publish morning updates covering the war with Iran. ISW-CTP will instead publish threads on its social media channels in the morning that cover the latest developments in the war and include relevant maps.Key Takeaways The United States presented a 15-point proposal to Iran via Pakistan …

An array of former British security officials are advising a US-based group that is cheerleading the US/Israel war on Iran Senior British military and intelligence figures including two former UK security ministers and a head of special forces are advising a US organisation that has long supported military action against …