As Pakistan Positions Itself as a US–Iran Broker, It Draws on a Set of Relationships Few Countries Can Replicate

Samaritan, imposter, pope, Caligula. In his boundless egomania, Trump can do everything.

Will Trump continue negotiations even if it requires extending the current ceasefire?

Trump has not achieved any of his never clearly defined war goals.

The United States may not be on the brink of a rapid or dramatic decline, yet it faces a genuine challenge in redefining its global role[.]

[T]he risk is that unconditional sanctions relief could once again reinforce Iran’s external projection of power rather than stabilize its domestic economy.