Archives Middle East conflict - Page 11 of 52 - New Eastern Outlook

7-day-long funeral rites for the late Supreme Leader of Iran have proceeded despite the Trump administration’s reported efforts to keep away foreign delegations, veiled threats to bomb mourners, and bombing the country during the period. This shows that Iranians and their allies have decided to carry on despite Washington’s violence.

How the U.S.-Iran showdown has shattered the myth of an “unsinkable” defense umbrella—and why the Gulf monarchies are quietly shopping for a new guarantor.

Great powers rarely decline because they lack military strength; they falter when the world loses confidence in their judgment. America’s increasingly erratic approach to Iran suggests that unpredictability has evolved from a diplomatic tool into a dangerous doctrine with consequences extending far beyond the Middle East.