Panama “retakes” canal, and Blackrock-led consortium doubles down on efforts to acquire dozens of global ports from Hong Kong-based company, including ones in Persian Gulf and Red Sea.
Read more...Today’s Iran war news: Denialism, US pursuit of Strait of Hormuz convoy scheme, Israel pounded, Netanyahu questions, FCC threat
Read more...The latest Iran war update: The US attempts to show escalation dominance even as officials look frayed and Iran’s pounding intensifies
Read more...Persia’s 19th century fight to drive out the British investors who had obtained monopoly concessions is background to the current crisis.
Read more...Satyajit Das provides a broad look at the scope and depth of the potential economic downside of the Iran war.
Read more...To cut through today’s fog of information, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War offers a lens to understand the possible direction of the war on Iran.
Read more...A review of the history of and best information about Israel’s nuclear weapons program, including delivery systems and safety risks at Dimona
Read more...The Iran war is going ever more pear-shaped for the US, Israel, the Gulf states, and innocent bystanders, yet Trump refuses to relent.
Read more...Why the huge vote against Iran on what Russia depicted as an unbalanced resolution should come as no surprise.
Read more...Today’s Iran war update: the implications of Iran’s apparent demands, risk of a Israeli nuclear attack, and Iran’s kinetic escalation.
Read more...The US Strait of Hormuz escort story was fake but Pakistan, which is very exposed to the closure, plans something more serious. Will it work?
Read more...Trump succeeds in talking investors out of the tree even as Iran war fundamentals and his approval rating decay.
Read more...Today’s Iran war update: even if Mr. Market makes Trump TACO, Iran is not likely to relent on its Strait closure soon and damage will compound.
Read more...Examining some neocon literature on exploiting ethnic divisions in Iran.
Read more...You can’t say affordability is your top priority and then start a war in the Middle East.
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