Robert Kagan

When the World Trade Center towers crashed to the ground 25 years ago, they triggered a seismic wave that seemed to smash the world order

Guest anchor Bianna Golodryga speaks with author and foreign policy analyst Robert Kagan about the US-Iran negotiations and Iran’s leverage in the Strait of Hormuz

Tensions between the United States and Iran have escalated once again after US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered one of Washington’s strongest warnings yet against Tehran’s nuclear ambitions

As negotiations between the United States and Iran edge toward a possible agreement, Tehran is increasingly signaling that any return to war would look very different from the last

Trump Touts Imminent Iran Deal That Would Reopen Hormuz Strait

Three months after launching an offensive against Iran, questions are mounting over whether Donald Trump, despite securing numerous tactical victories, is now losing the broader conflict

Pressure on Trump grows as war objectives remain unmet

Pressure on Trump grows as war objectives remain unmet

Xi Jinping merely humored Trump, waiting for his time—and America’s—to pass

Xi Jinping merely humored Trump, waiting for his time—and America’s—to pass

The US-Israeli war on Iran has exposed divisions among Europe’s far-right parties and personalities

The US president has berated and mocked Sir Keir Starmer over a lack of full-throated support for his latest military adventure

Westerners suddenly discovered, with belated horror, that the world is not an Airbnb catalogue and that history does not pause to let them check out

The dilemmas and dangers posed by Mr Trump’s war of choice in Iran — again initiated with no attempt to consult allies or gain US congressional approval — are not so easily swerved