Tehran is targeting the soft underbelly of the U.S.-Israeli campaign—the oil sector and vulnerable Middle Eastern states—but allied officials can counter this strategy by taking concerted steps to bolster their regional partners, stabilize oil markets, and suppress the regime’s military capabilities. Two strategies are currently competing in the Iran war. …

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Germany is among countries which have rejected demands by President Donald Trump for help to stop Iran blocking the Strait of Hormuz. Trump told the FT that it would be “very bad” for the future of NATO if members did not help get the critical waterway open and that he …

The drone strike on the British air base in Akrotiri brings Europe’s proximity to the conflict in Iran into sharp relief. In the fog of war, old tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean risk being reignited, and regional stakeholders must avoid escalation. Two weeks into the massive U.S. and Israeli military …

Si la hausse du baril se poursuit & qu’Ormuz reste fermé, Wall Street & consorts forceront la Maison Blanche à battre en retraite pour éviter l’effondrement de l’économie capitaliste mondiale. Trump confronté au “cauchemar de son isolement” et se berce d’illusions avec “l’IA”… Les porte-avions prennent la fuite, Dubaï ferme …

The assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei represents a pivotal moment in the history of Iran. It opens a complex phase of political transition in light of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, mounting internal pressure, and the intensifying competition between the reformists and hardliners. The succession of the Supreme …

Toplines France will reportedly send Ukraine the newest version of the SAMP/T NG anti-aircraft missile system for battlefield testing against Russian ballistic missiles. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on March 14 that France will give Ukraine an unspecified number of the newest version of the SAMP/T NG anti-aircraft missile system …

The war in Iran is currently in a phase in which the military trajectory is relatively positive: the United States is steadily destroying Iran’s ability to use its most essential tool in the war — drone and missile attacks — which in turn underpin the entire Iranian strategy. Iran has …

Xi has been supremely confident that China will dominate the rest of the century… “Change is coming that hasn’t happened in 100 years,” the Chinese leader told Vladimir Putin after their 40th in-person chat, in Moscow in March 2023. “And we are driving this change together.” Many in Washington and …

The vigil held by some Syrians in front of the headquarters of the National Committee to Combat Graft in the Mezzeh area of Damascus last January, in protest against the financial settlement with businessman Mohammed Hamsho, who is close to the deposed Assad regime, did not prevent the completion of …