Asian Spectator

Times Advertising

‘Destruction is not the same as political success’: US bombing of Iran shows little evidence of endgame strategy

  • Written by Farah N. Jan, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Pennsylvania
‘Destruction is not the same as political success’: US bombing of Iran shows little evidence of endgame strategyA plume of smoke rises after a strike in Tehran on March 2, 2026.AP Photo/Mohsen Ganji

Shortly after the opening salvo of U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iranon Feb. 28, 2026 – with missiles targeting cities across the country, some of which killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – President Donald Trump declared the objective was to destr...

More Articles ...

  1. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s killing plays into Shiite Islam’s reverence for martyrs, but not for all Iranians
  2. Why are so many statues naked? An art historian explains this tradition’s ancient roots
  3. What decades of research reveal about involuntary substance use treatment – and why evidence points elsewhere
  4. Free 10-minute online programs aimed at overcoming depression led to real improvements – new research
  5. The nation is missing millions of voters due to lack of rights for former felons
  6. Failure of US-Iran talks was all too predictable — but turning to military strikes creates dangerous unknowns
  7. Kansas revoked transgender people’s IDs overnight – researchers anticipate cascading health and social consequences
  8. Despite massive US attack and death of ayatollah, regime change in Iran is unlikely
  9. Iran will respond to US-Israeli strikes as existential threats to the regime – because they are
  10. Cuba’s speedboat shootout recalls long history of exile groups engaged in covert ops aimed at regime change

Magazine

Negara vs media: Bagaimana pemerintah menyabotase kerja pers demi mengendalikan informasi

Para jurnalis menggelar demonstrasi dan aksi teatrikal menentang rancangan undang-undang pembungkaman pers pada 28 Mei 2024 di Tangerang.Wulandari Wulandari/Shutterstock● Pemerintah tengah melan...

Ada derita para komuter perempuan yang lebih mendesak dari sekadar letak gerbong

● Para komuter perempuan memiliki banyak permasalahan yang jarang terlihat.● Tak sedikit komuter perempuan harus berhenti bekerja demi menjalankan peran gandanya.● Selain kebijakan p...

Mengenal sabuk hujan tropis: Urat nadi kehidupan yang mengatur irama musim Indonesia

Klimatologi curah hujan periode Agustus menggunakan TRMM satelit (1998-2010).CC BY-ND● Sabuk hujan tropis atau ITCZ adalah sabuk awan tebal dan hujan lebat di wilayah khatulistiwa.● Perger...

hacklink hack forum hacklink film izle hacklink testjetbahisslot gacortaraftarium24tipobetjetbahismarsbahisbetasus girişonwininterbahisiptv satın aliptv satın aliptv satın alcasibomz-librarygalabettaraftarium24padişahbetgalabet girişimajbetcasibommarsbahisjojobetbetmarinoikimislijojobetxslotbetpipocasinoroyalagb99meritkingkingroyal