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Trump’s five day pause on striking Iran was not a diplomatic breakthrough. It was a strategic recoil after Tehran denied that any talks existed, rejected the White House cover story, and made clear that…
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Economics
The Iran war is pushing oil toward $200 a barrel and driving a broader energy shock through the…
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Strikes on South Pars and repeated attacks on Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG hub show the Iran conflict has…
Iran
Strikes on Iran’s South Pars and Asaluyeh gas-processing complex mark a major escalation in the conflict, with Tehran…
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Economics
Iran is still earning roughly $160 million a day from oil exports even as the United States and Israel strike Iranian targets. The reason…
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Israeli television presents a powerful narrative of military success, regime collapse in Tehran, and an inevitable shift in Middle Eastern…
Defence
Kharg Island handles most of Iran’s oil exports. If it becomes a battlefield, the conflict stops being a regional war…
Defence
A war that was expected to produce quick coercive results is instead revealing three deeper pressures shaping modern conflict: industrial attrition warfare, economic chokepoint warfare centred on the Strait of Hormuz, and the growing…
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Iran’s appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as Supreme Leader was shaped not only by constitutional procedure but by direct…
Defence
Iran’s missile campaign may be targeting something far more important than airbases or cities. Radar stations across the…
Defence
Iran does not need to defeat the United States or Israel quickly. Its strategy appears to be something…
Defence
A deeper look at the war with Iran suggests the conflict may be driven less by nuclear fears than by a struggle over oil,…
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An evidence-based analysis of missile inventories, interceptor burn rates, production capacity, and cost exchange ratios to assess whether the United…
Defence
The war in the Gulf is no longer a scenario to be modelled. It is underway, and its first strategic…
Defence
Israel launched roughly 200 aircraft in the opening wave. The USS Abraham Lincoln pulled back 800 kilometres from the Strait of Hormuz while three Arleigh Burke destroyers remained inside the Gulf to defend Bahrain…
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China is not preparing to fight for Iran. It is doing something more consequential: managing the Iran file as part of its western energy…
Defence
Telegraph Online long read A war with Iran would not be decided by intent or rhetoric, but by…
Defence
Military deployments, diplomatic signalling, and regional positioning around Iran are no longer isolated acts of deterrence. They are…
Defence
At Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the largest American military installation in the Middle East, subtle changes…
Middle East
The Middle East is no longer organised around sovereign states and formal diplomacy. From Yemen to Somaliland to Iran, competing…
Defence
The United States is not short of power. It is short of closure. From Iran to Venezuela, Greenland to the…