Dollars and Sense Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Stays Free for Only 60 Days — Then Come the ‘Service Fees.’ That Sounds Like a Toll If Iran's version is real, the leaked terms don't look good for Washington: Hormuz free for just 60 days before "service fees" — a... Steve BalestrieriJune 15, 2026
The Treaty Iran Just Learned How Much Leverage It Always Had. That’s the Fact It Keeps No Matter What the Talks Decide The deal fixes the crisis the Iran war created — Hormuz, the blockade — and barely touches the three problems Washington started with: nuclear,... Andrew LathamJune 15, 2026
The Treaty Donald Trump’s New Iran Deal Settles Nothing: It Looks Like a Long-term Ceasefire with Giant Question Marks Trump calls it a completed deal. Iran calls it a ceasefire opening 60 days of talks. They're describing the same document — and both... Harry J. KazianisJune 14, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Israel Is Bracing for Iranian Missiles After Striking Beirut — Hours Before Trump’s Deal Was Set to Sign Hours before the Iran deal was set to sign, Israel struck Beirut — and an Iranian general says it "will not go unanswered." Israel's... Harry J. KazianisJune 14, 2026
Ukraine War The Cracks in Putin’s Rule Are Real for the First Time. The Machine to Remove Him in Russia Still Doesn’t Exist For the first time, the cracks in Putin's rule are real — a shrinking economy, a stalled war, an elite near schism. And for... Harry J. KazianisJune 14, 2026
The Treaty Donald Trump Just Invoked Nuclear Weapons Against Iran. That Was a Big Mistake Buried at the end of Trump's announcement that the Iran war ends Sunday was a line that had nothing to do with the signing... Harry J. KazianisJune 13, 2026
The Treaty The U.S. Military Reportedly Planned to Send Troops Into Iran to Seize Its Uranium. Then Trump Hit Pause The plan was so secret the Pentagon's top general flew the Atlantic rather than discuss it on an encrypted line: send U.S. troops into... Reuben JohnsonJune 13, 2026
Dollars and Sense Even If the Iran Deal Is Signed This Week, the Thing It Broke Won’t Be Fixed A deal in Geneva would end the war — not the lesson. For three months the world watched a fifth of its oil hang... Jack BuckbyJune 13, 2026
The Treaty Iran’s Foreign Minister Says It Plainly: Control of Hormuz ‘Will No Longer Be the Same.’ There’s the Toll A White House official now puts the odds at "80 to 85 percent" — up from 75. But Washington and Tehran are still describing... Jack BuckbyJune 13, 2026