Key Takeaways US and Israeli airstrikes on the Esfahan Nuclear Technology Center (ENTC) between June 12 and 24 reportedly destroyed components of Iran’s nuclear program that would be necessary for weaponization. The strikes destroyed the Uranium Metal Conversion Plant at the ENTC, which Iran could have used to transform uranium …

The War at Home—State Terrorism on Full Display Across the globe, we are living in a moment of profound crisis where the very essence of education as a democratic institution is under attack. In the United States, the assault on higher education is part of a broader war waged by …

Since the eruption of the Israeli–Iranian war on the morning of Friday, 13 June, Syrian public sentiment has reflected a layered and often contradictory emotional and political landscape. Many Syrians expressed clear satisfaction with Israel’s strikes on the Iranian regime, while others took grim solace when Iranian missiles reached Tel …

The Kremlin continues to downplay the social and economic costs of Russia’s war in Ukraine and inflated military spending. Russian President Vladimir Putin told journalists on June 27, following the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) summit in Minsk, that sanctions cannot hurt Russia’s economy and that Russia’s economic indicators are “satisfactory.”[1] …

US and Israeli strikes severely set back Iran’s enrichment capabilities, but Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile poses a long-term threat. The United States dropped twelve 30,000lb GBU-57 bunker buster bombs on Fordow, directly targeted points above the centrifuge cascade hall, and likely destroyed all six IR-1 and seven IR-6 cascades that …

E_127_25Download Prior to the ceasefire between Iran and Israel, which was announced on June 24, 2025, seniorofficials in the Iranian administration and the security-military leadership continued tothreaten harsh responses to Israel’s ongoing attacks on Iran and the American attack on threenuclear facilities in Iran. The officials called the attacks a …

The focal questions about war In dealing with both theoretical and practical points of view about war, at least six fundamental questions arise: 1) What is war?; 2) What types of war exist?; 3) Why do wars occur?; 4) What is the connection between war and justice?; 5) The question …

In the days before U.S. airstrikes hit Iran’s Fordow and Isfahan nuclear sites, satellite images captured convoys of cargo trucks leaving the facilities. Nuclear experts now believe Iran relocated more than 400 kilograms of highly enriched uranium—enough for 10 nuclear weapons—to a secret location, a move that has left U.S. …

Paradoxically, President Donald Trump appears to have secured an end or perhaps a pause to the 12-day Iran-Israel war with a fragile ceasefire but there is no guarantee that it will not resume again. Even Trump isn’t confident about the “ceasefire” he is taking credit for. Interestingly, notwithstanding the claims …

As the EU unveils its 18th package of sanctions against Russia, calls are growing to provide Ukraine with the 300 billion dollars of frozen Russian state assets. How feasible and impactful would such a move be? A showdown between the EU and the bloc’s two most pro-Russian members, Hungary and …