In the US-Israeli war against Iran, who has the greatest ability to influence the outcome or to sustain damage? Oksana is joined by Anusar Farooqui, a geopolitical analyst and author of the Policy Tensor Substack, to discuss this.
In January 2026, the Trump administration rolled the dice on a far more volatile and deeply rooted adversary. The administration’s first and most glaring mistake was the “quick win” and then it was a fundamental misreading of Iranian resilience, nationalism, and the opening of the 2026 campaign.
Kim Jong-un sent a congratulatory message to Vladimir Putin on the occasion of Russia Day on June 12. He pledged unwavering support for Moscow’s policies and vowed that North Korea would “always stand together with the Russian Federation”. Observers say Kim is hedging bets to ease concerns that Pyongyang might be drifting back into Beijing's orbit following Kim's summit with Xi Jinping.
Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi discuss Israel's military progress and the threat of a resurgent, economically rehabilitated Iran. They discuss the failures of both military hubris and international diplomacy in an urgent examination of what happens when a country finds itself trapped between the futility of endless conflict and the illusion of easy political solutions.
There is a present tense between the present and the future. The present tense is between a present and a future. There is also a past tense between a current tense and a potential future tense. The future tense is going to take a look at the present tense.
Michael Waltz speaks at an emergency Security Council meeting on the situation in Iran at United Nations headquarters, February 28, 2026, in New York. Wendy Sherman, a top negotiator of the top negotiating team of the Obama administration, talks about the JCPOA and JCPOCA.
Tehran has about three-quarters of the munitions it had before the war and can easily build it up further, according to intelligence assessments. Iran launched more than 1,850 missiles around the region from February 28 to April 8. US and Israel destroyed about two-thirds of Iran’s launchers in the first month of the war.
Pakistan and Egypt's top diplomats talked to each other over the phone on Sunday. They discussed progress toward a potential understanding between Washington and Tehran. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that a deal with Iran is scheduled to be signed on Sunday and the Strait of Hormuz will be open to all. Iran said the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the US will not take place on Sunday, but in the coming days.
Ukraine's version of the Patriot Ballistic Missile Interceptor, FP-7x, is scheduled to go into production in August 2026. Fire Point’s production facilities are spread across about 30 to 40 secret locations in Ukraine, in underground structures to evade Russian missile strikes. Some of the other European defense companies have their production facilities just across the border in Poland. Russia's daily aerial missile and drone bombardment of Ukraine has failed to touch Ukraine's military-industrial complex and the hundreds of companies involved in it. Ukrainian defense companies changed their manufacturing strategies in favor of a “distributed production” model.