The improved relations between Washington and Tehran could become part of a wider realignment that allows progress in ending Syria's war.
The strategy of the United States and its allies in face of the "al-Qaida idea" will prolong not settle the global war.
The diplomatic agreement over Iran is welcome. But it also conceals policy failure and media neglect in two arenas of deepening war and insecurity: Syria and Libya.
The oil-and-gas industry is impervious to extreme weather events, from the Philippines to Sardinia. But both precedent and experience could turn its world upside down - and soon.
During the cold war, nuclear near-catastrophe provoked an enlightened political response. Will history be repeated over the climate emergency?
The balance of forces inside Syria and across the region makes current United States strategy perilous.
What is the condition of and what are the prospects for al-Qaida? The movement has commissioned a new report from the near-legendary management consultancy, whose offices are now dispersed following collateral damage to its Waziristan HQ from an armed-drone strike.
The difficult choice faced by the United States and its allies in Syria is rooted in the strategic errors of the early post-9/11 years.
The major powers involved in Syria's war are adjusting their positions to prevent an Islamist victory. This will not end but prolong the suffering.
A surge of widespread Islamist attacks provokes western alarm about al-Qaida's revival. But it is Syria above all where the future of paramiltarism is being forged.
The United States and its allies are pioneering the use of armed-drones. But other states, including their strategic rivals, are catching up.
The unexpected Washington-Moscow diplomacy - made possible by London's parliament - creates space for progress in ending Syria's "double proxy war".
