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War as a Tool for Reinvention: US and Israel Action to Usher in a Progressive Iran and Stable Middle East

The ongoing war triggered by joint U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran has brought enormous destruction and heartbreaking loss of life across the region. The opening wave of attacks targeted military installations, nuclear facilities, and leadership compounds in cities such as Tehran and Isfahan. Among the most dramatic moments was the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with several senior security officials and ministers whose compounds were struck during the opening phase of the campaign. The sudden removal of the country’s top leadership created shock within Iran and triggered intense retaliation from Iranian forces.   The violence quickly spread across the Middle East. Iran launched drones and ballistic missiles at Israeli cities and U.S. bases in countries including Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia, turning the conflict into a region-wide confrontation. Shipping lanes also became battle zones. In one dramatic naval incident, a U.S. submarine t...

After A Long Marriage to Midwest : A Howdy Account of 'Midwest Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summit.'

After writing about one  observing   virtually  last  week , this is about the one  I  attended  in-person .  For good or bad, for right or wrong, I need to write about this summit and the subject it  covered .  I had been living in Illinois for the last 4 years  with a body of work which has potential to  impact   much  larger world. S imply, there are reverberations all over the US and all over the home nation of India while working from a local canvas.  There can be many people like me who work  local  but think and impact  global . Here the importance should be given to  local   environment conducive to effect global change. I have said  few  times and proudly so, I am based out of Illinois  – with a tag ‘the Land of Lincoln ’.  It has been four years  in this state – using local resources given by Illinois and working on global imagination.  Though forei...