Despite a fragile cease-fire between the United States and Iran, the global economic crisis sparked by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz continues unabated. Dueling blockades have kept 20 percent of the global oil supply, 20 percent of the global supply of liquefied natural gas, and critical commodities such …

ƒDespite apparent military setbacks, the U.S. war against Iran may represent a broader strategy aimed at reshaping global energy flows and strengthening Washington’s geopolitical leverage. The US war on Iran — at face value — appears to be a catastrophic tactical and strategic US failure demonstrating the limits of its …

The United Arab Emirates’ exit from OPEC is not a technocratic adjustment to oil policy; it is a geopolitical signal. Beneath the surface of production quotas and market strategy lies a deeper rupture: the erosion of Gulf unity as a guiding principle of regional order. Accelerated by wartime vulnerability, sharpened …