Persian Gulf
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Iran Targets Undersea Internet Cables in Strait of Hormuz
Tehran’s new licensing plan for foreign fiber optic cables increases pressure on US tech companies and adds another layer to growing global infrastructure tensions. Iran has announced a new plan to charge fees for underwater internet cables passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian media connected to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said companies such… Continue reading
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The Calm Before the Storm: Is Washington Preparing for War With Iran Again?
Washington says it wants diplomacy, but the demands being placed on Tehran look more like surrender terms than the foundation for lasting peace. The United States says it still wants diplomacy with Iran. Officials continue talking about negotiations, peace, and “de-escalation.” But behind the language of diplomacy, the reality looks very different. The conditions Washington… Continue reading
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One Battle, Two Press Releases: Hormuz and the Crisis of American Deterrence
The Persian Gulf confrontation exposed the widening gap between military optics and operational control, while financial stabilisation and military escalation merged into the same strategic system A naval withdrawal inside the Strait of Hormuz would mark a strategic rupture extending far beyond one contested waterway, because the credibility of American maritime supremacy depends upon sustained… Continue reading
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The UAE’s OPEC+ Exit – A Structural Gamble
An irreversible strategic shift in energy, security, and regional order The United Arab Emirates’ decision to quit OPEC+ represents a structural rupture in Gulf geopolitics, reshaping energy flows, fracturing regional alliances, and exposing the fragility of U.S. strategic guarantees. This manoeuvre is irreversible. By monetising its newly expanded oil capacity of five million barrels per… Continue reading
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Iran Will Win This War
America Is Losing in the Middle East And Fast, Decades of Military Might, Gone in Days. Strategic analysis of the war involving Iran, the United States, and Israel must begin with a clear understanding of the form such a war would take and the structural realities shaping it. Conventional comparisons of aircraft carriers, military spending,… Continue reading
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Iran’s “Famous Bride” Jibe as Ghalibaf Mocks U.S. Carrier Departure as Strategic Retreat
Beyond insult, the remark reflects Iran’s strategy of promoting missile and drone capabilities as tools to deter American power. Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf used unusually cutting rhetoric to mock the United States over the departure of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), framing the move as proof that American military pressure against… Continue reading
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Convergence in the Persian Gulf
Convergence among Iran, China, and Russia in the Strait of Hormuz alters American risk calculations, though it does not remove the structural capacity of the United States to initiate military action. American primacy in the Strait of Hormuz rests upon a maritime doctrine shaped by Alfred Thayer Mahan’s classic argument that control of sea lanes… Continue reading
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