The Collapse of Diplomacy

[A] promising policy of peace is not based on one-sided and high-handed social media posts.

Bell argued that [the rise of far right factions] should be understood less as a straightforward product of economic conflict than as a response to social dislocation and anxiety over status.

The new threat confounds Iranian strategists who based their negotiations on backing Trump into a corner ahead of the midterm elections.

The critical issue being overlooked, however, is whether the Gulf clock will tick patiently throughout this process.