TEHRAN/DAMASCUS/BAGHDAD—Behind the geopolitical maneuvering and military escalation between Iran and its adversaries, a stark human reality is unfolding across the region. The conflict's toll, measured
By Samuel P. Huntington
Senior Foreign Correspondent
What appears on the surface as a bilateral confrontation between Iran and its adversaries reveals a deeper civilizational reality: the conflict has activated
The Iran conflict has crystallized along one of the world's most sensitive civilizational fault lines: the Strait of Hormuz. What appears as a regional military confrontation is, in
The Iran confrontation has entered a phase in which maritime coercion and kinetic strikes are matched, move for move, by intensive high-stakes diplomacy — a two-front contest in which
What It Means
The Iran conflict has undergone a fundamental shift in recent days, evolving from episodic proxy skirmishes into a sustained, high-intensity maritime and energy-security crisis that
By Defense Correspondent
The confrontation between Iran and Western allies has escalated decisively from episodic proxy skirmishes to sustained, high-intensity kinetic exchanges between state militaries, with direct strikes now
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A comprehensive strategic assessment of the transition from proxy warfare to direct state-on-state military confrontation and its regional implications.
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