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Impunity for the IRGC, Bombs for Tehran
Why Iran?
It’s nukes! It’s oil! No, it’s Iran! The Trump administration’s purported justifications for war against Iran have been varying and unsubstantiated. President Trump...
China’s Middle East envoy touring in the region to mediate between Iran, America and Israel to stop the war
China dispatched its special envoy for Middle East affairs, Jun Zhai, on an intensive regional diplomatic tour that began in the first week of...
When Elasticity Fails: The New Fragility of the Global Energy System
The confrontation in the Persian Gulf has not created new vulnerabilities. It has revealed the architecture of a global energy system that has been...
U.S.-Israel War on Iran at the Crossroads
The United States is back, enforcing military power jointly with Israel. In front of the global audience, word combinations and special phrases were raised...
The Part of the Insurance Crisis Nobody Is Writing About
The world is watching oil prices. Traders are watching tanker traffic. But inside global insurance companies right now, something else is quietly breaking.
Brent crude...
Why Yemen’s Houthis Are Staying Out of the Iran War?
As the war between the United States, Israel and Iran spreads across the region, several Iranian allied groups have become involved. Fighters linked to...
Turkish ship cleared through Hormuz
A Turkish owned vessel has been allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz after receiving permission from Iranian authorities, according to Turkey’s transport...
Sudan: Another tradeable chip in the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement
The US-Israeli air war against Iran has thrown into relief a curious symmetry of interests between Iran and Saudi Arabia in the future of...
The Threshold Ally: Britain’s Selective Participation and the Future of Coalition Warfare
The Line That Moves
Not every ally fights the same war. On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes against Iran's...
Trump boasts of killing Iran leaders as war widens
U.S. President Donald Trump boasted about the killing of Iranian leaders and intensified rhetoric against Tehran as the U.S.–Israel war against Iran approached its...