Iran’s bombardment of its Gulf neighbors has inexorably dragged them into a war that they had desperately hoped to avoid.
06.03.2026 22:30
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Iran’s bombardment of its Gulf neighbors has inexorably dragged them into a war that they had desperately hoped to avoid.
Formulaic cliches deaden our senses to the reality of war, reducing its horror and complexity to flat and anodyne thoughtlets, writes columnist @hofrench.bsky.social.
Beijing’s priority is not the survival of the current Iranian regime but the preservation of its own interests in whatever regional security order emerges after the conflict.
Trump’s goals in Iran are expansive, shifting, and potentially impossible.
In its war with Iran, the U.S. has yet to fully institutionalize the lessons that Ukraine has learned under fire, write David Petraeus and Clara Kaluderovic.
Regardless of how calmly the market is reacting now, there are a number of physical realities that will up the ante.
The first 36 hours of the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran consumed more than 3,000 precision-guided munitions and interceptors, exposing a critical vulnerability in the supply chain. foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/05/i...
As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran escalates, Africa is bracing for the ripple effects of a wide-ranging regional conflict.
In the Gulf region, U.S. military bases long viewed as anchors of security now carry escalatory risk.
Airlines have canceled more than 18,000 flights to a region that has become a central hub in the global air-transport business. foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/04/t...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trip to India, Australia, and Japan underscores the new salience of middle powers.
Tune in to FP Live today: Firas Maksad, a geopolitical risk expert focused on the Gulf states, and Mina Al-Oraibi, the editor in chief of The National newspaper in the UAE, will join FP Live at 11:00AM ET to share how the region’s leaders are reacting to the ongoing conflict.
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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected a Democratic-led effort to bring a speedy end to U.S. President Donald Trump’s war against Iran. foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/04/s...
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The war is jeopardizing the massive flow of energy and goods passing through the Gulf economies.
As war erupts in the Middle East again, China is keeping its distance.
The Trump administration has offered an array of conflicting justifications for the war with Iran.
U.S. lawmakers are expected to vote this week on whether to order an end to military strikes against Iran.
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine drags into its fifth year, Ukraine’s next generation is scattered across the world.
The conflict is already affecting oil prices and global shipping, with knock-on effects that could last for years, writes columnist @elisabethbraw.bsky.social.
In 2025, the Indian government announced that its next decennial census in 2027 would include a caste tally for the first time since 1931. Anand Teltumbde argues that this will only cement caste divisions.
Four of the five Oscar-nominated documentaries are pretty damn depressing, writes critic Jordan Hoffman. And the fifth one is “life affirming,” which is marketing code for “still very sad.”
Europeans have chosen to reconcile their values and beliefs by inventing a parallel reality, argues Nathalie Tocci.
Trump and his administration are plainly unmoved by claims that they bear responsibility for the fates of nations where the United States has intervened, writes columnist Suzanne Nossel.
Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim nation, which has offered to facilitate negotiations after U.S. and Israeli strikes.
Despite war in Iran, a new round of US-brokered peace talks between Ukraine and Russia looks set to take place this week - in my latest for @foreignpolicy.com I outline the economic consequences, for Europe, of 'deal' or 'no-deal' scenarios for US-Russia talks
