The petrodollar system has always hinged on a US security guarantee to Gulf states, but the utility of this guarantee is now ...

The Ukraine war demonstrated how quickly neutral corners of global financial infrastructure can devolve into levers of ...

The takeaway from Diego Garcia is not that the strike was a failure; rather, it’s that existing defenses are now being tested ...

The war between Iran and the United States has placed Russia in a classic strategic trap — a zugzwang, the chess term for a ...

Gulf leaders are being forced to decide whether to remain in a defensive posture or join offensive operations against Iran to ...

Antimony, a silvery-grey metalloid with applications spanning ammunition, flame retardants, and lead-acid batteries, has become the most acutely disrupted critical mineral in the current cycle of ...

The evolving dynamics of the Atlantic–Sahel corridor highlight a fundamental shift in the nature of contemporary conflict, ...

The Iran conflict reflects a sobering lesson for US policymakers: in an era of asymmetric competition and economic ...

Washington’s diplomatic outreach will discover to its detriment that there is no ‘right’ regime insider to work with in Iran.