The U.S., Israel and Iran escalate their tensions.
Turkey continues to be a useful ally for Washington, but no longer a necessary one, and certainly a problematic one.
Wars are won by economies not armies, writes Ian Proud.
Relationships in the Middle East are hard to define and even when they work are often ephemeral and seldom last the course
Yes, dear federalists, fervent Atlanticists, the actor closest to attacking European Union territory is your beloved American ally.
We live in a world where war no longer knows boundaries or truces.
Trump is quite possibly mad – and for the first time, European leaders are speaking in such terms. But he is not stupid.
If European anti-Trump leaders have thought they could outmaneuver Trump himself with such a move, evidently they still do not fully understand the game the White House is playing.
