“Mood Inside Iran Is Not Triumphant. It Is Watchful”—The Peace Deal’s Shaky First Day
On June 19th, WaL sat down with Tehran-based Geopolitical Analyst Peiman Salehi to get a sense of the feelings inside the…
Tag: Diplomacy
Iran Defeats the Americans: Text of MoU Confirms Tehran’s Total Victory
There could have been fewer clearer signs that the Trump Administration had accepted major concessions in advance of Thursday’s…
What Does Iran Think of the Deal with the US?
The American, Arab, Israeli, and Iranian airways are drunk on speculation over what this Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed…
Ukraine War Updates: Congress Commits Billions in Aid, Zelenskyy’s Letter to Putin, Kostiantynivka
On June 4th, the US House of Representatives voted 226-195 to approve $1 billion in Ukraine aid money and…
Iran Strike Injures 5 Americans, Showing the Cost of Trump’s Failure to Negotiate Seriously
On May 28th, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. (IRGC) struck an American air base in Kuwait, destroying 1, potential…
Did Iran’s Threat Cause Trump to Back Down, or Are Negotiations Really Taking Place?
Breaking news from the Gulf is that a 48-hour ultimatum of strikes on Iranian power plants by President Donald…
Local Economy Seems Bolstered by ‘Irreversible’ Peace Between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Consolidated data shows that Armenian economic activity grew 9.2% in 2025 off the back of a substantial change in…
Trump Joins in Nikol Pashinyan’s Vision of a ‘Real Armenia’ at Peace with its Neighbors
This is Part 2 of a 2-part series on the negotiations to end the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and normalize relations…
Embattled Armenian PM Makes Impassioned Plea to End ‘Soviet KGB Narrative’ vs Azerbaijan
This is Part 1 of a 2-part series on the negotiations to end the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and normalize relations…
Late Edits to Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan Mirror Drastic Changes Made by Netanyahu at Oslo
On September 29th, President Trump announced, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a ceasefire plan to end Israel’s genocidal…
Trump Dreams of Taking Back Afghan Air Base, Citing Proximity to China
President Trump claimed his administration was “working” on getting back the massive Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, abandoned by…
09/25 End of the Empire: Qatar PM Says Country “Enraged” at Israel’s Strike: it Ought to Be
End of the Empire is a once-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world…
Europe’s New Taliban Outreach Starts at Help with Mass Deportations
Afghan diplomats are occupying consulate buildings in Geneva and Berlin as Western Europe attempts to implement a policy of…
Trump-Putin Summit in Alaska Ends Without Ceasefire
A highly anticipated summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska ended Friday without…
Israel “Fully Ready” to Launch Strike on Iran Trusting the US Will Be Attacked and Forced to Help
Reports from the Washington Post and others suggest that the US is anticipating an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, and…
New S. Korean President Discusses Closer Ties and Peaceful Peninsula with China’s Xi
The newly-elected President of South Korea, Lee Jae-myong, called Beijing today to solicit help in bringing about his policy…
France and UK Mull Recognizing Palestinian State–Israel Has No Problem Saying it Will Never Happen
It was originally planned that at an upcoming conference in New York, heads of state from France and the…
Peace Pope Leo XIV Hints Vatican Could Host Russia-Ukraine Talks, While Condemning Gaza War in Inaugural Mass
On Wednesday, WaL explored whether Pope Leo XIV could, more than any other pope before him, have a unique voice in…
Houthis Defeat the Americans, Claim Destruction of Another F/A-18 and Strike Israel with Drones
Yemen has claimed responsibility for an attack on the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier that caused a second F/A-18…
Former Georgia Senator Joins Trump’s Kettle of China Hawks as US Ambassador to Beijing
Former Georgia Senator and businessman David Perdue was recently confirmed with a bipartisan vote as the new US Ambassador…