The importance of a single passage depends not just on the trade it carries, but on the available alternatives. For some passages—such as the Red Sea, where attacks by the Houthis have sent insurance ...

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Iran has been hit thousands of times and struck back against neighbours with drones and missiles. The conflict now spans at ...

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Iran’s conflict with Iraq in the 1980s provides valuable lessons for today, writes Richard Cockett, a senior editor ...

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The answer is absolutely yes.” That may seem surprising—for much of the past decade America has been comfortably ahead in the ...