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Dollar Hits Six Week High as War Fears and Interest Rate Hike Bets Grow
The United States dollar strengthened to a six week high as investors reacted to rising global uncertainty linked to the Iran conflict and expectations...
United Kingdom Inflation Slows but Iran War Threatens New Energy Price Surge
United Kingdom inflation eased more than expected in April, offering temporary relief to households and policymakers. Consumer prices rose by 2.8 percent compared with...
Iran Conflict Drives United States Shale Oil Growth as Producers Stay Cautious
The war involving Iran and the disruption of oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have pushed global crude prices sharply higher, creating strong...
Hormuz Tankers Resume Movement as United States Signals Possible Iran Peace Deal
Two Chinese oil tankers carrying millions of barrels of crude oil exited the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, raising hopes that tensions between the...
Strategic Ambiguity Is Becoming the Gulf’s New Deterrence Doctrine
In the Gulf, the most important signals are increasingly the ones no actor fully confirms.
For decades, Gulf security rested on a relatively clear deterrence...
G7 Finance Ministers Discuss Economic Risks From Iran Conflict and Global Trade Fragmentation
Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of Seven gathered in Paris to address growing economic risks linked to the conflict involving...
Iran Demands Reparations and United States Troop Withdrawal in New Peace Proposal
Iran has publicly outlined key elements of its latest peace proposal to the United States, demanding reparations for war damage, the withdrawal of United...
Global Markets Waver as Trump Signals Possible Iran Deal and Oil Prices Retreat
Global financial markets remained volatile on Tuesday after United States President Donald Trump announced that he had paused a planned military strike against Iran...
Mokhber’s Atomic Bomb: The Misnaming of Riparian Coercion at Hormuz
On 8 May 2026, Mohammad Mokhber, adviser to the Supreme Leader and the man who built Iran’s sanctions-resistance architecture during fourteen years at the...
Israeli Secret Military Base Discovered Near Iran Border in Iraq, Intelligence Analysis Reveals
In May 2026, open-source Chinese intelligence, military, defense, and security reports and analyses, along with several military think tanks affiliated with the People's Liberation...