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Israeli television presents a powerful narrative of military success, regime collapse in Tehran, and an inevitable shift in Middle Eastern power. But a closer look at the messaging reveals a more complex reality about…
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The war around Iran is exposing a deeper vulnerability in the global economy. A narrow maritime chokepoint that…
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The war with Iran is exposing more than battlefield danger. It is revealing a chain of strategic miscalculations…
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Iran’s appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as Supreme Leader was shaped not only by constitutional procedure but by direct…
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Day five of the war with Iran shows the conflict expanding beyond the opening strikes into a regional systems confrontation. Missile exchanges, tanker attacks,…
Economics
The conflict with Iran has done what decades of geopolitical tension could not: turn the Strait of Hormuz into a…
Iran
The assassination of Iranian leadership during active negotiation for the second time in six months has transformed a limited military…
Defence
An evidence-based analysis of missile inventories, interceptor burn rates, production capacity, and cost exchange ratios to assess whether the United States and Israel or Iran would exhaust missile capabilities first in a prolonged conflict.
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Washington may win the opening exchanges against Iran, but the structural balance of this conflict tells a darker…
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In the early hours before dawn, United States and Israeli forces struck deep inside Iran in what Tehran…
Iran
Three strikes in June 2025, a renewed zero enrichment demand in Washington, and open warnings from Tehran about…
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The United States has quietly assembled the operational architecture required for sustained air operations against Iran. Refuelling aircraft, carrier positioning, heavy lift throughput and…
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Military deployments, diplomatic signalling, and regional positioning around Iran are no longer isolated acts of deterrence. They are forming a…
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At Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the largest American military installation in the Middle East, subtle changes are underway.…
Middle East
The Middle East is no longer organised around sovereign states and formal diplomacy. From Yemen to Somaliland to Iran, competing models of power are reshaping the region around ports, networks, recognition, and economic pressure.…
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