War and atrocities

The risk of the Iran war restarting is irrationally high

Western ties with Russia should have made economic sanctions a powerful deterrent.

Does trade cause peace? Ask an economist

US President Donald Trump has oscillated between declaring total victory and threatening to bomb Iran “back to the Stone Age”.

The art of no deal: Why the US-Iran stalemate may be structural

Many of the claims made by US President Donald Trump about Iran and the state of negotiations with Teheran have been deemed untrue.

Logic demands an Iran deal. Will Trump’s fantasies allow one?

The inside of the dome of Abbasi Mosque is exultant cosmography, riotous joy laid out in punctilious symmetry.
PERSPECTIVE

Bombing Iran’s Great Mosque could cost the world

It is still possible that a ground invasion is ordered, or someone reaches for the nuclear button in pursuit of a quick end to the Middle East conflict.
THINKING ALOUD

Nothing should be ruled out if Iran war drags on for much longer

Anthropic has insisted that its technology is not to be used for domestic mass surveillance of Americans, nor to develop or operate fully autonomous weapons systems.
THINKING ALOUD

When principle meets power: the Anthropic-Pentagon stand-off

Damaged residential buildings in Manama, Bahrain's capital, following an Iranian drone attack on Mar 2.

From targeted strike to regional firestorm: how the US-Israeli attack on Iran escalated

In November 2025, Anthropic partnered with Palantir Technologies, a data analytics company that does a lot of work for the Pentagon, turning its LLM Claude AI into the reasoning engine inside a decision-support system for the US military.

Claude AI helped bomb Iran. But how, exactly?