Category: Iran
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The Iran-China-Russia Axis Crumbles When It Matters
As Israel and then the United States battered Iran this month, the reaction from China and Russia was surprisingly muted. For years, shared antagonism toward the U.S. has been pushing China, Russia, and Iran together. All three benefit from embarrassing the West in Ukraine and the Middle East, and widening the gaps between Washington and…
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Second-order impacts of civil artificial intelligence regulation on defense: Why the national security community must engage
Report June 30, 2025 • 10:00 am ET Deborah Cheverton Table of contents Executive summary Introduction Definitions National and supranational regulatory initiatives International regulatory initiatives Analysis Conclusion Executive summary Civil regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) is hugely complex and evolving quickly, with even otherwise well-aligned countries taking significantly different approaches. At first glance, little in…
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Seventh FPSO prepares to join Petrobras’ Santos Basin field
Home Fossil Energy Seventh FPSO prepares to join Petrobras’ Santos Basin field June 30, 2025, by Dragana Nikše A sailaway ceremony has been held to mark the departure of a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit from Seatrium’s yard in Singapore to a field offshore Brazil operated by the country’s state-owned energy major Petrobras.…
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The Israel-Iran war may have saved both countries’ embattled leaders
In this photo illustration, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are seen on a screen, June 24, 2025. Dilara Irem Sancar / Anadolu via Getty Images June 30, 2025 09:00 AM ET Commentary Iran Israel There’s a bitter irony in war: When missiles start falling, they sometimes have a…
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Iran Faces New Realities
Kachor Valentyna/Shutterstock Tehran’s response last week to US strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites was carefully calibrated. By launching a ballistic missile salvo at the US’ Al-Udeid Air Base — with advance warning and no casualties — Iran managed to send a message while avoiding provoking further US attacks. But notwithstanding the delicate Israel-Iran ceasefire…
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Norway pension fund blacklists firms supplying Israeli military
Norway’s largest private pension fund has excluded two defense companies from its portfolio, citing their ties to the Israeli military and the war in Gaza. KLP Pension, which oversees about $114 billion, said in a statement on Monday that it won’t invest in Oshkosh Corp. or ThyssenKrupp AG because they sell weapons to the Israeli…
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How QR Codes and Demonstrations Can Expand the Circle of Opposition
Codes can also be used to register voters. Protesters carry a banner representing the Preamble to the US Constitution in downtown Los Angeles during an anti-Trump “No Kings Day” demonstration on June 14, 2025.(Mario Tama / Getty Images) Powerful as our anti-Trump demonstrations are becoming, we can do more to engage new participants. The No…
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U.S. trade talks resume after Canada rescinds tech tax in ‘clear victory’ for Trump
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said late Sunday trade talks with U.S. have resumed after Canada rescinded its plan to tax U.S. technology firms. U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he was suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, which he called “a direct and blatant attack…
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Israeli Gas Flows to Egypt Return to Normal as Iran Truce Holds
by Bloomberg | Salma El Wardany | Monday, June 30, 2025 | 2:43 AM EST Israeli natural gas flows to Egypt returned to normal levels after a truce with Iran allowed the Jewish state to reopen facilities shuttered by the 12-day conflict. Daily exports have climbed to 1 billion cubic feet per day, according to two…
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Explaining Israel: The Jewish State, The Middle East, And America
In this collection of 40 columns written for RealClearPolitics between 2014 and 2024, Peter Berkowitz explains Israel by reporting events, examining ideas, and placing both in their larger geopolitical context. The senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution draws on the great Israeli mosaic of people, opinions, and aspirations to illuminate the domestic politics, diplomatic…
