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Iranian Missiles Hit UAE Oil Tankers in Strait of Hormuz, One Sailor Killed

Two United Arab Emirates oil tankers were struck by Iranian cruise missiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, killing one Indian crew member and...

Oil Climbs to Four Week High as US Iran Conflict Fuels Hormuz Supply Fears

Oil prices climbed more than 3% on Tuesday, reaching their highest levels in four weeks, as renewed military tensions between the United States and...

Who Is Allowed to Coordinate in the Middle East Crisis

In late May, with the talks to end the Iran war stalled, the US president threatened to blow up Oman if it did not,...

Why Can Neither Washington Nor Tehran Talk Without Pakistan in the Room?

The 2026 war between Israel, the United States and Iran produced two outcomes that are easy to conflate but analytically distinct. The first was...

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...

European shares fall as US Iran tensions lift oil prices

European shares edged lower on Monday as renewed fighting between the United States and Iran unsettled investors after Tehran closed the Strait of Hormuz,...

Global Stocks Slide as Gulf Conflict Sends Oil Prices Higher

Global markets fell sharply on Monday as escalating conflict in the Gulf and Iran's claim that it had closed the Strait of Hormuz fueled...

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...

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...

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China’s Peacekeepers in Lebanon: Engineering Mandate, Strategic Subtext

On Monday, August 10, 2026, the 24th contingent of...

How the Mecca Pact Rewires Tehran’s Nuclear Calculus

On August 7th, with American warships blockading Iranian ports...

U.S. Critical Minerals Strategy Should Also Consider Ownership Structures

The United States is making steady strides in a...

Hormuz Is Yesterday’s Crisis. Bab-el-Mandeb Is Tomorrow’s

On Tuesday, three Houthi ballistic missiles slammed into the...
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