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The domestic politics of ceasefire are as treacherous in the United States as in Iran. Trump's announcement of a ceasefi...

Why did Trump raise the ceasefire idea now? Three readings are worth considering. The first is domestic: the United Stat...

Japan's energy security interest in a stable Gulf extends beyond the immediate conflict to the architecture of long-term...

Iran's side is equally complicated. With Khamenei dead, the question of who has authority to end this war has no clean a...

The intelligence and information environment surrounding the conflict has been particularly difficult to navigate. Compe...

Japan's exposure runs deeper than the gasoline price shock. Middle Eastern trade route disruption has already reduced Ja...

The historical precedents for negotiated settlements in Middle Eastern conflicts offer mixed signals for optimism. The 1...

Japan's energy policy debate has been dramatically reshaped by this conflict. The urgency of reducing Middle Eastern dep...

For Japan, the immediate priority is ensuring that whatever diplomatic process emerges from the current situation does n...

What worries me most about this war is the absence of an exit ramp. The United States can degrade Iran militarily, but i...