Tag: Israel

Does Trump Have the Authority to Strike Iran? (John B. Bellinger III – Council on Foreign Relations)

As Trump weighs whether to join Israel's bombing campaign of Iran, some have questioned if the president has the authority to involve the U.S....

Israel Considering Regime Change in Iran as U.S. Weighs Its Options (Soufan Center)

The situation between Israel and Iran has developed into a rapidly escalating conflict, with both sides aggressively attacking the other and each side sustaining...

With strikes on Iran, Netanyahu has diverted criticism of Israel’s Gaza operations (Ksenia Svetlova – Chatham House)

As the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) systematically degrade Iranian nuclear and military infrastructure, Israel faces a complex challenge: to what extent can it maintain...

Israeli actions in Palestinian territories constitute war crimes, Human Rights Council hears (UN News)

The ongoing crises in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Sudan are in the spotlight this week at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in...

Three Things Will Determine Iran’s Nuclear Future—Fordow Is Just One of Them (Heather Williams – Center for Strategic & International Studies)

Thus far, Israeli strikes on Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility have been limited. At first glance, this might seem like a curious omission, given that...

Israel Strikes Iran, With Steven Cook (Council on Foreign Relations)

Steven Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss...

Conflict Continues to Rage Between Iran and Israel and Casualties Mount (Soufan Center)

The conflict between Israel and Iran has continued to escalate, with Israel now claiming complete aerial superiority over western Iran, including Tehran, after eliminating...

Pro-Israel hackers claim breach of Iranian bank amid military escalation (Daryna Antoniuk – The Record)

A hacking group known as Predatory Sparrow, believed to be linked to Israel, has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on an Iranian bank, saying...

Israel and Iran: A War with No Off-Ramp (Dalia Dassa Kaye – Just Security)

After several days of an intensifying Israel-Iran war, the death toll and destruction is mounting. Hundreds of Israeli strikes across Iran, beginning with a...

Russia’s Influence in Middle East Takes Hit From Israeli Strikes (Pavel K. Baev – The Jamestown Foundation)

Israel’s unexpected missile offensive on Iran on June 13 caught Moscow off guard, disrupting its assumptions about U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiations and raising suspicions of...

Too Soon to Rule Out Middle East Energy Disruption (Clayton Seigle – CSIS)

The Israel-Iran conflict escalated dramatically during the weekend of June 14–15, with both sides attacking each other’s energy infrastructure, yet oil prices have since...

Israel strikes Iran. What happens next? (Brookings)

On June 12, Israel carried out a series of airstrikes in Iran targeting the country’s nuclear sites. The surprise attack was followed by several...

How the US can reduce the risk of wider war in the Middle East (Caroline Zier – Atlantic Council)

Israel has again demonstrated an uncanny ability to rewrite the regional playbook with a multi-pronged, multi-day attack on Iran’s nuclear program, air defenses, and...

Twenty questions (and expert answers) on the Israel-Iran war (Atlantic Council)

A decades-old conflict between Israel and Iran that was never quite “cold” is rapidly heating up. In the days since the first Israeli attacks...

Iran Update Special Report, June 15, 2025, Evening Edition (Andie Parry, Johanna Moore, Nidal Morrison, Ria Reddy, Kelly Campa, Nicholas Carl, and Annika Ganzeveld...

The IDF expanded its air campaign into Iran by beginning to strike regime institutions, including some related to internal security and social control. This...

By fusing intelligence and special operations, Israel’s strikes on Iran are a lesson in strategic surprise (Doug Livermore – Atlantic Council)

Israel’s “Operation Rising Lion” against Iran, launched early Friday in the Middle East, represents an evolution in how democratic nations can prepare for and...