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Sanah Khan The surge in oil prices triggered by the U.S.–Israeli war with Iran has pushed Asian governments to take emergency steps to shield their economies. The region is particularly vulnerable because many countries rely heavily on crude shipped through the Strait of Hormuz, which has been effectively …

Dr. Naveen Dubey After Operation ‘Midnight Hammer,’ which claimed to have destroyed the Fordow nuclear facility in Iran, the US president, Donald Trump, pointing at a replica of a B2 stealth bomber in his Oval Office in the White House, praised the great achievement of the US Air …

By Eng. Saleem Al-Batayneh The words of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the reception of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last February were far more than a ceremonial speech. They constituted a dense ideological statement, revealing the contours of a hardline nationalist alliance built on the intersection …

By Lama Al-Rakad On a strange day in the calendar of history, the ancient civilizations of the East convened an urgent session.Not because of a great war, nor the darkening of the sun, but because of a small piece of news, repeated over and over in the bulletins …

Fourteen days into Operation Epic Fury, the most consequential American military campaign in the Middle East since the invasion of Iraq, the Trump administration has yet to say what victory will actually look like. The president has variously toggled between declaring Iran has “practically nothing left,” indicating that …

Trump is doing the right thing for the U.S., and we Democrats should judge the war on the merits. WSJ Opinion: Trump’s War in Iran. Is It Justified? And Is It Wise? An Editor at Large: Gerard Baker looks at previous Republican incursions in the Middle East before …

Greg Priddy Oil markets are losing an estimated 15 million barrels per day from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz—a loss that spells disaster for the global economy. Among most people in the financial world, the idea of a near-total halt in flows of oil through the …

While the world’s eyes are fixed on the Strait of Hormuz and the simmering U.S.-Israeli-Iran standoff, a subtler, far-reaching geopolitical play is unfolding: China is quietly treating Iran as a testing ground for the next generation of multi-platform warfare. The Chinese “Missile Saturation Theory,” long theorized in Beijing’s …

North Korea launched over 10 ballistic missiles into the sea on Saturday while U. S. and South Korean forces conducted military drills. Japan’s coast guard indicated that a missile might have fallen into the sea, but outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone. The missiles were fired from near Pyongyang …