American foreign policy

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

The US and Israel carried out strikes across Iran, and Tehran has retaliated by striking US/Israeli assets across the region. Could this turn into the regional war analysts have been warning about?