Security Over Economics in a War-Torn World
The G7 meeting in France is best understood not as a photo-op for seven wealthy democracies, but as a stress test of the Western order itself. It exposed two realities at once:
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Stopping Iran Before It Gets Nuclear
Since Hitler’s Nazi Germany, there has never been a regime more focused on attacking Jews as well as their own citizens opposed to the regime than the current government in Iran. They
Oman–India Corridor: Can Muscat Offer New Pathways Beyond the Strait of Hormuz?
The deepening strategic and economic partnership between India and Oman is creating an emerging set of trade and energy corridors that largely circumvent the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most
6 Days That Can Change a Crisis: How 30M Barrels Turbocharge India’s Energy Security
India’s recent deal to let Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) store up to 30 million barrels of crude oil in its Strategic Petroleum Reserve is far more than a technical MoU;
Tariffs in Yuan: Is Iran Ringing the Bell on the Petrodollar Age?
Iran’s push to collect Strait of Hormuz oil transit tariffs in Chinese yuan signals a real, though gradual, erosion of the US “petrodollar” system at the margins, but it does not yet
The Myth of China’s ‘Neutrality’ on Iran
China is not mainly arming Iran with finished weapons; it is enabling Iran’s missile and drone ecosystem through dual-use chemicals, electronics, machine parts, and financial networks. That distinction matters, because Trump’s threatened
Blockade Today, Leverage Forever
In the longer term, the balance of leverage in Hormuz is tilting decisively toward Iran—not the United States. At first glance, Washington’s move appears bold. The Strait of Hormuz is the world’s
Is the Strait of Hormuz Truly Open for Business?
Iran’s recent declaration that the Strait of Hormuz is “completely open” sounds like a step toward de-escalation amid the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict. But the fine print reveals a waterway still fraught with
China Is Testing the Boundaries of the Iran War
China is no longer merely a distant benefactor of Iran. If U.S. intelligence reports are correct, Beijing is edging into something much more dangerous: active enabling of Iran’s wartime rebuild. According to The
Can’t Say? Or Won’t Say? Is Trump’s Uncertainty a Weapon?
President Trump’s cryptic remark—“I can’t tell you” whether the war with Iran is winding down or escalating—captures the fog of a conflict now entering its seventh week. Spoken on April 6 amid
How America Rescues Its Own
The rescue of the U.S. pilot from Iran is not just a story of tactical daring; it is a story about what the American state still claims to be able to do
Meloni’s Gulf Mission: Pragmatism Over Posturing in a Powder Keg
When Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni touched down in Jeddah on April 3rd, she did something no other leader from the European Union, NATO, G7 or G20 had dared since the U.S.-Israeli
The Recession Trigger No One Wants to Admit
On February 28th, the United States and Israel launched a surprise campaign of nearly 900 airstrikes against Iranian military targets, nuclear sites, and leadership, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and triggering a
