Ceasefire Without Peace: Escalation, Legality, and the Collapse of Non-Proliferation in the Israel–United States–Iran Conflict
The essay argues that the 2026 war was the predictable endpoint of a coercion-only strategy pursued since the 2018 JCPOA withdrawal, with force twice deployed mid-negotiation in breach of the UN Charter. The campaign proved self-defeating: it consolidated the regime, left the nuclear programme unmonitored, and strengthened the proliferation logic it was meant to destroy.