America’s depleted missile defences and Iran’s asymmetric strategy raise difficult questions about escalation. The evidence does not establish an American plan to use nuclear weapons. Continue reading The Nuclear Threshold: Why America’s Costly Iran War Does Not Make a Nuclear Strike Inevitable
An early assessment estimated that the first two weeks of the Iran war generated more than five million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent emissions. The larger question is why warfare’s carbon cost still sits at the margins of climate accountability. Continue reading The Iran War Has a Carbon Footprint. Why Is It Missing From the Climate Debate?
The Iran war is no longer only a battlefield story. Higher fuel prices are reaching American households, affecting family budgets and inflation expectations. Government data, polling and Americans themselves reveal how the conflict is being felt at the petrol pump and kitchen table. Continue reading The Iran War Has Reached the American Kitchen Table
I did not discover weapons systems through the Iran war. As a boy growing up around PAF Base Sakesar, I used to read Jane’s Weapons Systems with the fascination other children reserved for sports magazines. Aircraft interested me. So did … Continue reading The Profits of Perpetual Conflict: What Happens When America Builds an Economy That Needs War?
