The U.S. is not interested in real stabilization of the situation in the Holy Land and its vicinity.
Without American weapons and money, Israel would not have been able to fend off attacks on it by the Arab states that surround it.
US bifocal diplomacy has led to a crisis of confidence as its influence over regional powers wanes, while the escalation of the war remains a stark reality.
Great powers fear each other, and always vie for greater share of the 'power pie'.
A superpower that can no longer deliver weapons becomes a paper tiger, and its allies become easy prey for aggressors.
The mullahs praise the attacks by their allies ... but they want nothing to do with them.
Everyone believes they were someone great in the past, and now there’s an opportunity to regain this greatness.
Year after year, it is China that has had the good sense to avoid armed conflict.
RAND's recent perspective offers four potential scenarios of a limited Russian attack on the U.S. and its allies.
What is certain is that modern high-intensity warfare and conflict is not as simple as playing a video game.