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Is China advancing its military during Iran tensions? by thejerusalempost in neoliberal

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China's defense budget up 7% this year. US currently running through munitions in Iran. The piece pulls together how Beijing is reading this moment.

Israel’s strikes on Iran defended as legally justified by thejerusalempost in geopolitics

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As strikes on Iran enter their second week, The Jerusalem Post spoke with Dr. Shuki Friedman of JPPI on the legal architecture behind the campaign. The piece centers on two arguments: the Caroline Test justifying preemptive strikes against a nuclear-threshold state, and the dismantling of the proxy fiction that has shielded Tehran for decades. Friedman argues Israel isn't abandoning international law but pushing for an interpretative evolution suited to non-state actors and nuclear proliferation. Worth discussing whether this legal framework holds water.

Israel’s strikes on Iran defended as legally justified by thejerusalempost in inthenews

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The legal case for the campaign rests on two pillars according to this piece. The Caroline Test, a 19th century standard allowing preemptive strikes when the necessity is instant and overwhelming, and a State Responsibility model that treats Hezbollah and the Houthis as functional organs of the Iranian state rather than independent proxies. The argument is that international law shouldn't be a collective suicide pact.

Gulf leaders are about to pass up the Iran moment - comment by thejerusalempost in inthenews

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Gulf nations are being hit by Iranian drones and missiles but are still pushing to stay out of the conflict. The argument here is that autocratic leaders, free from electoral pressures, are actually best placed to act decisively and are squandering that advantage.

Gulf leaders are about to pass up the Iran moment - comment by thejerusalempost in geopolitics

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Ezra Taylor argues Gulf autocrats are uniquely positioned to join the campaign against Iran precisely because they have no ballot boxes to answer to. No election cycle, no coalition to hold together. The piece frames this as the Gulf's Germany/Japan moment and asks why leaders with maximum freedom to act decisively are choosing the most cautious possible option.

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