Iran

The five countries that border the Caspian Sea are fighting over the body of water’s future. If it keeps losing water at the current pace, it might not have one.

With regime change in Syria and Hezbollah weakened, Iran’s alliance system has nearly collapsed. That doesn’t mean a peaceful Middle East is emerging.

Iran and Pakistan are thawing relations. But they aren’t addressing the causes of tensions in their respective Baloch regions.