With selective interdiction in the strait of Hormuz through drones, naval mines and missiles, Iran has triggered a ...

The future of the strait is not shaped by decisive breakthroughs. It is shaped by the continuous, indefinite management of a ...

Iran is under pressure. That much is clear. But pressure alone does not determine outcome, and neither does expectation. Its ...

The security of a few narrow waterways underpins much of the global economy, and one of them has effectively been closed.

Domestic and external setbacks are mounting for the Kremlin, causing longtime supporters to jump ship. Putin is not ...

Examining the cycle of accumulation, complacency, and disposal that characterized US strategic mineral stockpiling through ...

The extent of Iran’s asymmetric economic warfare could have significantly wider macroeconomic repercussions that will influence the outcomes of elections in countries directly involved in the conflict ...

The Iranian conflict is falling, predictably, into the escalation trap—from what began as a vertically limited, regime-targeting air campaign to a horizontally expanding regional war, with the ...

Recent history shows that durable security arrangements depend less on formal promises than on a combination of dense verification, credible sponsorship, and pre-agreed enforcement – all of which are ...