United States
The dispute over the Strait of Hormuz is no longer simply a confrontation between Washington and Tehran. It has become a test of whether the United States can still define the rules of global…
Iran
Project Freedom is presented as a humanitarian escort mission. But guiding ships through Hormuz means entering a narrow…
Economics
The Iran war is no longer only a military conflict. It is exposing the fragile economic system built…
Economics
Oil prices remain elevated above $110 as disruption around the Strait of Hormuz erodes global supply buffers, with…
Economics
Economics
Iran
Iran
Economics
Oil prices are rising not because the Strait of Hormuz has been fully closed, but because it has become unreliable. Some ships are crossing,…
Defence
Donald Trump’s threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz sounds like a display of naval dominance. In reality it looks…
Defence
In the Iranian account, the attempted American passage into the Persian Gulf was not a clean naval transit but a…
Diplomacy
The Islamabad talks failed not because diplomacy was impossible, but because Tehran saw the United States as a power asking for sovereign concessions in an atmosphere shaped by war, coercion, reversals, and deep mistrust.…
Economics
Defence
Economics
Diplomacy
From the 1953 coup to the destruction of the nuclear deal, from sanctions and assassination to the killing…
Diplomacy
Pakistan’s prime minister said the new two week U.S. Iran ceasefire covered Lebanon, and Reuters reported that Iran…
Defence
The Pakistan brokered ceasefire between Washington and Tehran is being sold as a narrow diplomatic success. In reality…
Law
This legal analysis examines whether reported strikes on a school, health facilities and a bridge in Iran, together with Donald Trump’s reported threats to…
Defence
Defence
Economics
Defence
Opinion
The forces moving into the Gulf are not an invasion army for Iran but a rapid reaction package built for…
Economics
This is not a rerun of 1973. The old oil shock hit a manufacturing America near the height of its…
Economics
Donald Trump’s decision to give Iran 10 more days before threatened strikes on its energy infrastructure is being presented as tactical patience. It looks more like strategic constraint. Oil has surged, Wall Street has…
Iran
Defence
Economics
Defence
Iran
Strikes on Iran’s South Pars and Asaluyeh gas-processing complex mark a major escalation in the conflict, with Tehran responding by naming Gulf oil and…
Defence
The Iran war is no longer defined by battlefield outcomes but by structural failure. With no clear objectives,…
Defence
U.S. naval movements are not a retreat but a recalibration of risk: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and USS…
Economics
Iran is still earning roughly $160 million a day from oil exports even as the United States and…
Defence
The war with Iran is revealing a deeper structural problem in the American security system. Early strikes on radar networks…
Iran
Ali Larijani, one of Iran’s most senior political and security figures, has reportedly been killed in an Israeli strike, but…