With the US pushing for regime change, the calculus in both Washington and Tehran is different from earlier confrontations, ...

Iran will respond to US‑Israeli strikes as existential threats to the regime – because they are, Javed Ali writes.

Trump’s goal was to pressure Iran’s rulers to do what they have resisted for decades: give up their nuclear and long-range missile programs and stop supporting its armed proxies. He said he preferred ...

President Donald Trump, whose fierce denunciation of military adventurism abroad fueled his unlikely rise to the top of the ...

THIS MORNING’S STRIKES IN IRAN looked like what Americans expect when their military is given specific orders and the time to ...

President Donald Trump insisted he still preferred diplomacy. But as Bloomberg reports, the military pressure campaign was ...

Diplomats and strategic thinkers believe the recent US-Israel strikes on Iran over the day were pre-planned between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu well in advance. The buildup of the US ...

The negotiation was not diplomacy. It was surveillance, a mechanism to gather targeting intelligence, stall Iranian defensive preparations, and manufacture the appearance of a peaceful last resort.

Analysis: The death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei opens up a scenario in which Tehran's brutal Islamist regime is overthrown.

The message to Tehran and to other adversaries weighing diplomacy is stark: even when talks appear to work, they can be ...