American foreign policy

Crippling US sanctions on Havana were designed to force regime change, but six decades of crippling embargo have only cemented it

Trump's blockade aims to force damaging shutdowns at Iranian oil fields. But Tehran has been through this before.

Trump has slammed Starmer for not aiding the US in its war on Iran, but a visit by the British monarch looks to have helped smooth over recent tensions

The standoff in the Hormuz is not simply a question of whether Tehran can survive economic pressure, but whether Washington can sustain the pressure at an acceptable cost.

Ten years hence, the world will look very different.

Advocates for the US-Israeli special relationship have played a special role

Voters were promised America First, not Bush-era interventions

Al Majalla lays out three possible scenarios for how the conflict unfolds, along with their associated costs

Gulf states' delicate balancing act—maintaining security partnerships with the US while cautiously reopening channels to Iran—has been shattered