Iran, Trump and Cold War
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This was true in Vietnam and Afghanistan and apparently true today in Iran (“Armstrong Williams: How to understand modern Iran,” April 11). President Donald Trump is floundering. He started an unnecessary,
This piece highlights the increasingly decisive role that asymmetric warfare is playing in the Iran and Ukraine wars and the implications for future conflicts.
Iranians have welcomed a fragile ceasefire deal after weeks of Israeli and American bombardment, but many fear the war is far from over. For some, there is also a sense of whiplash, after President Donald Trump threatened to wipe out their civilization hours before he reversed course and agreed to an uneasy truce.
Six weeks of U.S. and Israeli bombardment have served to degrade Iran’s nuclear facilities and cripple parts of its military. But the Islamic Republic’s offensive capabilities have been built up over nearly 50 years,
AI and other technologies are changing modern warfare. Iran War illustrates the benefits of commercial technology—especially AI software, space-based sensors and drones.
On Sunday, April 26, marches will be held around the world on the occasion of the centenary of Reza Shah the Great’s coronation.
The Iran war is a real-time case study in the changing character of modern warfare. It shows that the lessons of Ukraine were not an anomaly. Making the institutional changes to learn these lessons will be hard — but as the Iran war has already demonstrated, doing so is not optional.
President Donald Trump has signaled a possible "diplomatic opening," saying Iran informed them that they are in a "state of collapse" and want the Strait of Hormuz reopened immediately. FOX's Lucas