The Real Winner of the Iran War
For months, markets focused on the obvious losers. Iran suffered devastating infrastructure damage. Israel failed to achieve many of its strategic objectives. The United States...
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Project Freedom, or the Art of Escorting a Crisis One Ship at a Time
Donald Trump now wants to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz. After weeks of blockade, counter-blockade, threats, oil shocks and diplomatic theatre, Washington has...
The Blockade That Became a Trap
The American strategy in Iran was meant to be simple: apply pressure, choke the regime, force concessions, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and then declare...
Ceasefire in Name, Crisis in Reality
The war has entered that familiar and dangerous phase in which everyone claims to want peace, while acting as if escalation remains the more useful...
Ceasefire, Yes. Control, No.
Washington would like the world to believe that the worst is over. The reality is less comforting. A fragile pause has been announced, diplomats are...
Middle-East: Ceasefire, Peace, or a Joke?
What has been announced is not peace. It is a pause. After six weeks of war, thousands of deaths, a global energy shock and repeated...
The Day the World Ran Short
It does not begin with a collapse. It begins with a pause. A handful of ships, fully loaded, engines humming, drifting in a narrow stretch...
The Empire of Threats Meets the Price of Reality
The war has entered its second month, and what is becoming visible now is not American strength, but American exposure. Over the weekend, missile strikes...
When the Wells Fall Silent
Wars are often measured in territory, in tonnage, in casualty reports and communiqués. But the real violence begins when the pipes stop flowing. What is...