Hello and welcome to the 49th edition of the Weekly Vine. In this week’s edition, we discuss Mark Zuckerberg’s dream to build ...

The American eschatological impulse to war is to achieve a definite victorious outcome, even when the costly extra effort is ...

After a devastating war with Israel exposed the weakness of its air force, Iran is reportedly turning to China for advanced ...

The U.S. and Israeli battering of Iran — without any allies coming to its aid — undercuts a key piece of conventional wisdom ...

American B-2 bombers struck Iranian nuclear sites. This led to a ceasefire between Tehran and Tel Aviv. China and Russia did ...

Iran has invested heavily in a network of proxy allies across the Middle East, including Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, ...

After Iran’s parliament voted to close the Strait of Hormuz, Beijing’s foreign-affairs spokesperson stressed—in what looked ...

Events in the Middle East, like tremors along a fault line, often send shockwaves far beyond the region’s jagged frontiers.

Iranian defense chief joins China-led talks as Tehran deepens military ties and ramps up oil exports to Beijing amid U.S.

When the president defied isolationists, the former GOP Senate leader saw a chance to push him toward a Reaganite foreign ...

Donald Trump has reasserted US power through the Iran bombings and forcing Europe to spend more on defence. But what does ...

Much has been made of the emerging alliance among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. But the recent strikes on Iran ...