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The Iran war could make Xi more likely to take dramatic measures to change the status quo. But there may be benefits in strategic patience.

The Iran War’s fallout comes at a time when public finances across Africa have been stretched thin by previous crisis-response measures.

The economic and political impact already felt from the Iran war hints at the risks the region faces in the event it lasts much longer.

The current conflict demonstrates that, in arming itself to deter war, a state often creates the conditions that could spark it.

A global fertilizer shortage due to the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz could trigger not just economic but also social and political upheaval.

The rise of betting platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket has spawned a murky world of gambling on unilateral U.S. actions.

A closer look at the legal reality and political rhetoric suggests that Iran’s use of cluster munitions won’t necessarily weaken the norm against them.

Military operations won’t produce real security for Latin America’s citizens if there is no strategy beyond targeting cartel leaders with lethal force.

The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has put the Gulf states in Tehran’s crosshairs, with implications for other U.S. allies around the world.

Latin America’s changed political landscape has also unraveled the strategic partnerships that Iran spent years cultivating in the region.

Drones, and more specifically loitering munitions like the Shahed-136, are now a central feature of the Iran War.

The war’s long-term benefits for China in its strategic competition with the U.S. will be balanced by significant short-term costs.

Instead of opposition parties, it is now incumbents that are using preemptive claims of fraud to delegitimize the process.

Three levels of analysis—of the leader, the state and the international system—offer a mutually reinforcing perspective on the war’s cause.

After four years of being on the receiving end of military support, Ukraine found itself fielding urgent requests for its anti-drone expertise.

Responses by regional governments have so far been fractured and self-serving, revealing the range of interests at stake.

With its redundant data centers and distributed networks, the cloud is an effort to make geography irrelevant. But that was always an illusion.