إسرائيل

تهدد الحرب الشاملة التي تشنها إسرائيل على إيران بقلب الديناميات الإقليمية وتوازن تركيا الدقيق. ويشكل هذا الصراع تهديدات فورية ومخاطر استراتيجية طويلة الأمد لتركيا.

مع اشتداد الصراع بين إسرائيل وإيران، تتزايد التحذيرات من أن الحرب قد تؤدي إلى انتشار إشعاعي خطير ومدمر في معظم أنحاء المنطقة. لكن مواقف مختلف الأطراف الفاعلة الرئيسية في الخليج وخارجه فتحت الباب أمام تسوية سياسية أوسع بين الولايات المتحدة وإيران يمكن أن تنهي الأعمال العدائية قبل أن يتحقق مثل هذا السيناريو الخطير.

As the world watches and waits to see whether the conflict between Israel and Iran escalates into a wider war and whether the United States gets more directly involved, Americans remain sharply divided and mostly distracted by events closer to home, for now.

The evolving confrontation with Israel and the United States places the Islamic Republic of Iran at a critical inflection point. Tehran faces choices that range from limited negotiation and strategic restraint to escalation and eventual collapse. The following analysis explores the key scenarios that could unfold in the coming days, weeks, and years.

Senior Fellow Alex Vatanka joins hosts Alistair Taylor and Matthew Czekaj to examine the dramatic escalation between Israel and Iran following Israel’s targeted strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, infrastructure, and senior IRGC officials. Vatanka discusses how the Iranian regime is responding, the risk of wider regional conflict, and whether the current campaign could mark the beginning of the end for the Islamic Republic.

The past four days have clarified much about what Israel wants from this conflict, what Iran can and cannot do to fight back, and what decisions confront the American president over the next few days.

The spotlight in America this week is trained on the home front, with growing tensions inside the country over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and a showdown unfolding on the streets of Los Angeles. At times like these, the rest of the world has a way of intruding, sometimes unexpectedly, and Trump 2.0’s foreign policy is still struggling to produce a major positive outcome from its frenetic activity trying to end kinetic wars while prosecuting an unprecedented economic war with much of the rest of the world.

What’s next for Gaza—and for Israel? In this episode of Middle East Focus, hosts Alistair Taylor and Matthew Czekaj sit down with Ghaith al-Omari, senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and former advisor to the Palestinian Authority, to unpack the urgent humanitarian crisis gripping Gaza, the impact of Israeli settlement expansion, and what these developments mean for the future of the region.