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Peiman Salehi

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The bill for the war on Iran is heading to Europe

The bill for the war on Iran is heading to Europe

Late on Monday night, residents of Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz reported a series of explosions. US officials later confirmed what they called...

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Peiman Salehi

The World Cannot Contain Iran Forever Outside the Global Order

For months the world has remained fixated on a single number: 450 kilograms. That figure — referring to Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched...

22.05.2026 150

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‏Peiman Salehi

War Beyond the Battlefield: How the Iran Conflict Is Reshaping Global Power and the World Economy

These nights in Tehran the sound of fighter jets has become part of everyday life. Explosions echo across the city at irregular intervals and the...

19.03.2026 150

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Trump’s Iran miscalculation: When power meets a civilisation that refuses to collapse

Donald Trump’s confrontation with Iran appears to have been built on a fundamental misreading of the country he chose to confront. The assumption in...

16.03.2026 150

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From Greenland to the Gulf: Is Washington replacing the rules with raw power?

By early 2026, US foreign policy appears less anchored in the language of rules and more openly framed in the language of leverage. The past year has...

20.02.2026 200

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Peiman Salehi

From Waltz to Hormuz: Why a Gulf escalation would backfire systemically

Most analyses of potential US escalation against Iran in the Gulf remain confined to deterrence logic and regional balances of power. The debate often...

16.02.2026 300

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Peiman Salehi

When silencing dissent backfires: How Western censorship fuels the very instability it claims to prevent

15.12.2025 150

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Peiman Salehi

UN resolutions on Gaza and the Golan: Global legitimacy under pressure, but no path to real peace

05.12.2025 100

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Peiman Salehi

Why the new UN resolution on Gaza signals a US-led trusteeship, not a path to peace

20.11.2025 100

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Peiman Salehi

From Kant’s dream to today’s reality: The United Nations and the crisis of global legitimacy

30.10.2025 100

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Peiman Salehi

The 2231 rift: How Iran’s defiance exposes the deep divide in the global order

18.10.2025 100

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Peiman Salehi

Gaza ceasefire: between political declaration and field reality

09.10.2025 100

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Peiman Salehi

Israel’s strike on Doha: A turning point for US alliances and Gulf sovereignty

10.09.2025 100

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Peiman Salehi

The SCO summit and the Middle East in a multipolar world

05.09.2025 150

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Peiman Salehi

When water becomes war: The moral failure of global governance in the Middle East

20.08.2025 100

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Peiman Salehi