US war on Iran: Using military force to achieve political outcomes rarely produces lasting stability

US war on Iran: Using military force to achieve political outcomes rarely produces lasting stability

Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Dafydd Townley, Teaching Fellow in US politics and International Security at the University of Portsmouth. For Mr. Townley, the most striking feature of the current US operation against Iran is the gap between clear military action and ambiguous political strategy. The Pentagon has articulated core military objectives, which includes weakening the country’s military. What remains far less clear, however, is the…

UIC students demand no war on Iran

Chicago, IL - On Monday, March 2, students rallied on the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) quad to condemn the attacks on the city ...

The price of war on Iran: Washington’s mounting military and financial drain

As the conflict widens, the decisive arena may shift from the battlefield itself to the immense economic and military burden of sustaining a prolonged war against a prepared regional power.

E Pluribus Unum: The architecture of unity - Politics, Policy, Political Views

‘As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn, the Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return.’ – Rudyard Kipling, The Gods of the Copybook Headings (1919) Political slogans often achieve their greatest influence when they become too familiar to question. In recent years, one phrase has been

Armageddon politics and the danger of religious war rhetoric

Reports that US commanders have framed the war on Iran as part of a divine plan highlight the dangerous intersection of religious prophecy and modern military power.