Strait of Hormuz
While Beijing Frequently Speaks the Language of Diplomacy, It Expands Infrastructure That Gives It Leverage in the Region
Bin Salman Should Realize That the Key to Security in Saudi Arabia Rests in Riyadh and in His Strategies
Even States That Export Large Volumes of Oil May Rely on Foreign Imports of Fossil Fuels
Baghdad Says the Drones Flew From Maysan. Thermal Data and a Post-Attack Optical Frame Put the Damage on a 110-Kilometer Stretch Southeast of Medina, 1,100 Kilometers Away.
Iran Favors Asymmetric Target Substitution, Shifting the Burden Toward High-Value, Vulnerable Western-Aligned Strategic Assets
Open Sources Warned That Killing Khamenei Would Trigger the Closure of the Strait and Empower the Republican Guards. The 2026 U.S.-Israeli Strikes Ignored Those Warnings.
Neither Tehran nor Washington Has Found Enough Leverage to Force a Retreat
Partisan Politics Cannot Substitute for a Strategy to Defeat Iran
The U.S. and Regional Countries Should Build Pipelines to Send Oil from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean and the Arabian Sea
The Two Reportedly Are Mulling an Agreement Covering Insurance, Refueling, Environmental Services, and Other Naval Support
The Search for Alternative Mideast Routes Exposes How the Vulnerabilities of a Disrupted Flow of Goods Can Rattle International Economies and Financial Markets
Yanbu May Relieve Immediate Pressure, but It Does Not Remove Geopolitical Risks for Saudi Arabia
Jim Hanson Explains on FOX What This Means for the Region
Tehran Is Showing That It Is Certainly Willing to Push the Envelope
In U.S. Hands, Qeshm Would Flip the Script—Iran No Longer Could Easily Target the Strait of Hormuz
A Naval Blockade of Taiwan Would Cripple the Global Electronics Industry and Automotive Sector and Hamper Artificial Intelligence
Iran’s Latest Proposal Is a Tactical Instrument Designed to Fracture the Coalition Forming Around Israel and Give Tehran Effective Veto Power over Gulf Energy Exports
The Lesson of the MOU, as Gulf Governments Currently Read It, Is That the American Security Relationship Is an Input Into Iranian Strategic Calculations Rather than a Constraint Upon Them
Tehran Cannot Legally Redefine Freedom of Navigation Through International Waters