The One-Page Peace and the Many-Page Failure
Washington is now offering Iran what it refused yesterday: a staged reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a gradual lifting of the American blockade....
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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...
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...
Oil Whitout Exit
Saudi Arabia has raised the price of its flagship crude for Asia to a record premium. That single move says more about the state of...
The President of Oil, Trapped by His Own War
Donald Trump wanted to dominate energy. Instead, he has detonated its geography. What was sold, implicitly and then explicitly, as a campaign of force designed...
Victory at the Microphone, Panic in the Oil Market
Oil markets no longer listen to reassurance. They look at damage. That was the lesson of the latest session, one of the most violent since...
The Strait That Stopped the World
The war in the Middle East is no longer a regional crisis. It is rapidly becoming a structural shock to the global economy. What began...
The Day the Oil Arteries Closed
The global oil market is heading into a new phase of disorder. Not a temporary spike, not a speculative tremor — but the mechanical consequences...
Trump’s Middle East Policy: A Blueprint for Regional Chaos
If Donald Trump’s latest stance on Gaza and the Middle East proves anything, it’s that short-term thinking and reckless bravado remain the defining pillars of...