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US Naval Blockade Chokes Iran’s Trade as Fragile Talks Show Signs of Revival
The United States has imposed a sweeping naval blockade on Iran, effectively halting maritime trade that accounts for around 90% of Iran’s economy.
The escalation...
US Allies Look to Japan as Tokyo Signals Historic Shift in Arms Exports
Japan is preparing to ease long-standing restrictions on arms exports, marking its biggest defence policy shift since World War II.
The move comes amid uncertainty...
Layered Anelasticities: When New Shocks Arrive Before Old Ones Heal
The global energy system increasingly behaves like a material under continuous deformation; anelasticity is the incomplete recovery after stress, while hysteresis is the persistence...
Oil Still Flows Through Hormuz Despite War Blockade Tensions
The Strait of Hormuz has remained heavily disrupted since the start of the Iran war on February 28. A U.S. naval blockade targeting Iranian...
US Blockade of Iran Threatens Global Oil Flows and Market Stability
The United States has moved to block shipping linked to Iran following failed negotiations in Islamabad. Donald Trump announced that vessels entering or leaving...
China Exports Slow as Iran War Shakes Global Demand
China’s export momentum weakened sharply in March as the economic fallout from the Iran war disrupted global trade flows. The world’s second largest economy,...
Orbán Fall Boosts European Markets and Revives EU Unity
The electoral defeat of Viktor Orbán after sixteen years in power marks a major political shift in Hungary. His tenure was defined by an...
Sanctioned tanker breaks through US Hormuz blockade
A Chinese tanker named Rich Starry has passed through the Strait of Hormuz despite an ongoing United States blockade of the critical maritime chokepoint....
The Natural Effect of War: Trump, Hormuz and the Logic of Doux Commerce
Trump's suggestion that the United States and Iran might co-administer toll revenues in the Strait of Hormuz has been walked back by the White...
The Shield of the Americas: Old Wars, New Branding, and the Persistence of Failure
On 7 March 2026, Donald Trump convened a select group of Latin American and Caribbean leaders at his own golf resort in Doral, Florida,...