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A strategic location coupled with a close U. S. partnership makes for an attractive military target.

A battered Iranian regime is looking for scapegoats.

A key failure in 2024 paved the way for U. S. and Israeli attacks.

Beijing fears a failed state on its border.

But Tehran continues to deny that any such dialogue has occurred.

Joe Kent’s resignation letter mixes fact and fiction to deleterious effect.

Even once the war ends, it will take time to get back to normal energy flows.

Tens of thousands of seafarers wait with fear and boredom as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed.

The shift to an attritional war focused on energy infrastructure risks becoming a quagmire.

The shape of the war is being determined by the country’s rugged terrain and vast coastline.

The world after Trump.

Ten years hence, the world will look very different.

A close reading reveals multiple barriers to such a coalition.

Opposing the petrostates will be the Green Entente.