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Iran has attacked US bases in the Gulf States on the pretext that they were used to some extent by the US in its joint campaign with Israel against Iran. By that standard, however, it’s notable that Iran hasn’t attacked the two US bases in Turkey, namely its airbase in Incirlik and its radar one in Kurecik. Turkey directly borders The post Why Iran isn’t attacking America’s bases in Turkey appeared first on Asia Times.

If the Strait of Hormuz remains threatened and constrained by the war on Iran, Asia will face its most serious test of energy security since the 1973 oil embargo. For decades, policymakers understood the vulnerability, but few likely believed it would ever be realized on such a disruptive scale. The stakes of the current crisis The post Hormuz doesn’t need to close to cripple Asia’s economies appeared first on Asia Times.

After raining thousands of bombs on Iran, the United States and Israel are outsourcing the task of overthrowing the government to civilians who are unarmed and otherwise ill-equipped to take on the heavily armed oppressive forces they would face. US President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu both urged workaday Iranians to rise The post Iran regime change a fantasy without US boots on the ground appeared first on Asia Times.

EU elite retreated to a Belgian castle on February 12 to formalize what other powers had long priced in: Europe is losing. Not a policy debate or a trade dispute, but the century itself. The get-together was billed as a consequential competitiveness summit. The outcome—pledging to address in 2027 an economic crisis now in its The post EU’s burial in a Belgian castle appeared first on Asia Times.