The goal is to obtain proxy control over Iran’s enormous oil and gas reserves so that they can be weaponized as leverage against China for coercing it into a lopsided trade deal that would derail its superpower rise and therefore restore US-led unipolarity. Trump claimed that the US’ military campaign …

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute are publishing two updates daily to provide analysis on the war with Iran. The morning update will focus on US and Israeli strikes on Iran and the Axis of Resistance’s response …

US President Donald Trump announced the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, in comments that came after reports of an Israeli-American bombing targeting the compound where the Iranian leader resides in the capital Tehran. Trump said Khamenei “was one of the most evil figures in history,” adding that Washington …