While the U.S.–Iran memorandum seeks to constrain Israeli action and keep Lebanon within Iran’s strategic orbit, the Israel–Lebanon MOU offers Lebanon a potential path toward reasserting state authority and reshaping the long‑standing dynamics of the conflict.
Many of the issues first tackled in a roadmap more than twenty years ago continue to shape the diplomatic agenda between the U.S. and Iran today. In which ways the underlying conditions differ—and which factors now determine the chances for a diplomatic breakthrough in negotiations.
The last chapter of the post-Ottoman order will not be completed until Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Palestine co-exist as states. If not all four live in peace, none of the others will.
The end of the Autonomous Administration in Northeastern Syria follows the doctrine of stabilization through centralization. In this process, the transitional government of Ahmad Al-Sharaa can count on the backing of its neighbours and the United States.
Iran justifies its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by invoking its own legal norms and is already preparing a new regulation intended to secure Tehran's maritime supremacy in the strait even after the war ends. However, the proposed legislation has more than one drawback.
The strategy behind Operation “Epic Fury” is failing. Why exiting the war remains so difficult—and how the conflict has already caused irreversible damage.
Selectivity and asymmetries of power have accompanied international law since its inception. From a German perspective, this issue takes on particular significance, especially in the midst of the war with Iran and the naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
In the war with Iran, the U.S. strategy seems to be either absent or backfiring. Is Washington perhaps sending a signal to China? Analysts within D.C.´s Foreign Policy Bubble differ
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