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Iran expands Gulf attacks as Hormuz tensions push oil prices higher
The United States and Iran exchanged heavy missile and drone strikes over the weekend and into Monday, widening the conflict across the Gulf as...
Cheap Drones Are Becoming the Biggest Threat to Global Energy Security
The rapid proliferation of inexpensive, mass-produced drones is reshaping modern warfare and exposing one of the world's greatest economic vulnerabilities: energy infrastructure.
Conflicts in Ukraine,...
Hormuz Shipping Falls to Five Week Low After US Iran Strikes
Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz dropped to its lowest level in five weeks on Sunday as renewed U.S. and Iranian military strikes...
Allies Seek More Air Defence Aid for Ukraine at Paris Summit
Western allies will seek to secure additional air defence support for Ukraine when they meet in Paris on Monday, as Kyiv faces growing shortages...
Why US Middle East Policy Keeps Failing, From Iraq to Iran
The Middle East - for many Western observers - is something akin to Long Covid. One day you believe you are through the worst...
Renewed Gulf Hostilities, Elevated Regional and Global Uncertainty
The United States and Iran traded new attacks overnight into Thursday, intensifying an exchange that has threatened the collapse of their agreement to end...
Is a Turkey–Israel War Actually Coming?
In March, Israeli F-35s struck three sites in central Syria that Turkish planners had quietly earmarked for a future airbase. No Turkish soldier had...
What Canada’s TKMS Deal Means for the Indo-Pacific
During the July 2026 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Ankara, Prime Minister Carney announced Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) as Canada’s primary...
The Franco-Russian Lesson for Japan-South Korea Security Cooperation
The Franco-Russian Alliance of 1894 was one of the most unexpected strategic partnerships in the late nineteenth century. France was a republican state born...
Is Iran Turning the Strait of Hormuz Into a Permanent Toll Gate?
Tehran has stopped trying to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. It is trying to own it. That distinction, more than any ceasefire announcement or...