On February 28, 2026 the United States and Israel launched a massive military campaign against Iran. The operation was codenamed Epic Fury by the US administration led by Donald Trump...
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Iran and the New Disorder: Who Wins, Who Loses, What Changes
An attack that changes many things On the night between 28 February and 1 March 2026, the United States and Israel launched an unprecedented military offensive against Iran, striking the...
The Middle East in Domino Dynamics: Interlinked Crises, Fluid Alliances and Precarious Deterrence
Over the past year, the Middle East has entered a phase of high-density structural instability, defined less by a single dominant crisis than by the systemic overlap of multiple political,...
The Fragile Truce: The United States and the Emerging Geopolitics of the Middle East
The peace plan for Gaza promoted by the Trump administration since last September - and now endorsed by the UN - has created the space for a ceasefire between Israel...
Shifting Sands: Donald Trump and the Middle East
Since Donald Trump’s second inauguration in January 2025, the Middle East has been the defining foreign policy issue of his administration. The region has become the most prominent testing ground...
The Rubicon: Israel and Iran at War
On June 13, 2025, Israel launched Operation "Rising Lion” - a major attack against Iran. The goal of the military operation was to severely downgrade and possibly eliminate Iran’s nuclear...
Lone Survivor: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, and Gaza
Benjamin Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in the history of Israel. The leader of the Likud party has broken this record thanks to a combination of pragmatism and a...
The Jenin conundrum and the plight of the West Bank
The January 19 ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has so far provided some deserved relief for the families of many Israeli hostages and a moment of respite for the population...
From Gaza to Tehran: the new U.S.-Israeli vision for a transformative Middle East
The long-awaited meeting in Washington between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu took place with several unexpected developments. While the primary objective of the bilateral discussion was to outline strategies for...
The other Gaza tragedy. The economic consequences of the war between Israel and Hamas
The staggering human cost of the war in Gaza has been dominating the headlines for the last fifteen months. As the first phase of the latest ceasefire enters into effect,...