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September 1, 2026

Iran Signals Expansion of Retaliation Beyond Military Targets

After Larak Island strike, Iranian academic and former adviser Mohammad Marandi warns of a “different” and “very painful” response that may include economic assets, with potential effects on energy General Article |September 2026 United States Central Command confirmed that American forces struck two launchers on Larak Island late on 30 August. Officials stated that Islamic… Continue reading

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August 31, 2026

American Strike on Larak Island and Iranian Retaliation Widen the Contested Theatre

Direct attacks near the Strait of Hormuz, reciprocal launches against United States bases in Jordan, and explicit threats against Israeli leadership mark a further expansion of the conflict’s geographic and political scope General Article | August 2026 United States Central Command confirmed that American forces struck two launchers on Larak Island late on 30 August.… Continue reading

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August 29, 2026

Trump Declares Victory in Hormuz, Claiming Iran’s Grip Broken as U.S. Prepares Extended Channel

Trump has declared victory in the Strait of Hormuz during a phone call with Axios U.S. President Donald Trump has declared victory in the Strait of Hormuz during a phone call with Axios, asserting that the strategic maritime chokepoint is open and describing Iran’s response as “very mild.” Trump claimed that Iranian forces “don’t want… Continue reading

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August 27, 2026

Iran and Oman Close America’s Hormuz Corridor

Joint navigation route through Iranian waters replaces the UN-backed southern path that US warships have escorted for five months America’s five-month effort to secure an alternative shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz is being rewritten by the very ally that helped establish it. Iran and Oman have agreed to create a temporary joint navigation… Continue reading

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August 25, 2026

Britain Transfers Storm Shadow Technology as Moscow Withdraws Its Ambassador

Technology transfer, an empty Russian embassy in London and explicit threats of strikes on production sites mark a decisive hardening of the European-Russian confrontation over Ukraine British Prime Minister Andy Burnham arrived in Kyiv on 24 August 2026 for his first overseas engagement since taking office, coinciding with the thirty-fifth anniversary of Ukrainian independence. During… Continue reading

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August 24, 2026

The Price of a Closed Strait

Material interests, naval power and the political economy of energy transit through the Strait of Hormuz under conditions of prolonged disruption Editorial Analysis | August 2026 Geographic concentration of exportable hydrocarbons in the Persian Gulf has repeatedly drawn major powers into contests over the narrow waterway that connects those fields to oceanic shipping lanes. Approximately… Continue reading

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August 23, 2026

Jurisdiction and Impunity

By attacking the ICC, the United States is undermining the international legal order that it has historically used to legitimise its own interventions The International Criminal Court, established by the Rome Statute in 1998 and operational since 2002, represents the most ambitious effort in history to create a permanent international tribunal capable of prosecuting genocide,… Continue reading

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August 21, 2026

The U.S. Vows to Impose the Toughest Sanctions in History on Iran

President Trump Declares ‘Economic D-Day,’ Threatening Crippling Sanctions for Dealing with Iran General Article | August 2026 Washington has launched what it describes as an economic D-Day against Iran, with United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowing to impose the toughest sanctions in history in a concerted effort to collapse the Iranian government. Speaking to… Continue reading

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August 21, 2026

What’s Happening with US Bonds, Debt, and Oil

Bond Market Reversal, $40 Trillion Debt Milestone, and Geopolitical Oil Premium: A Snapshot of US Fiscal and Market Pressures On August 19-20, 2026, US long-term Treasury yields largely erased the temporary relief from a surprise Treasury Department intervention, underscoring persistent fiscal and market tensions. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the department would at least… Continue reading

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August 20, 2026

The Ideological Architecture of the Free Market Myth and the Material Realities of State-Enforced Capital Accumulation

Class Power, Institutional Coercion, and the Dialectical Deconstruction of Market Neutrality in International Political Economy General Article | August 2026 The conventional framing of the global economic order around principles of unencumbered market exchange systematically disguises the coercive mechanisms that sustain contemporary capital accumulation. Liberal economic theory relies upon an abstract idealisation of market dynamics… Continue reading

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