Dollars and Sense
Most accounts credit U.S. firepower or Iranian resilience for ending the war. This analysis argues the real story was oil — and the outcome...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Iran deal Trump signed explicitly bans both sides from threatening force. On Tuesday, he made another implied threat anyway — "I'll do what...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve has fallen to its lowest level since 1983 — and Trump says that without an Iran deal, it would have...
Dollars and Sense
As many as 11,000 seafarers have been trapped in the Persian Gulf for months, stranded by the conflict. Now they're finally being evacuated —...
The Treaty
Trump bombed Iran in February to cripple the regime and give its people the chance to overthrow it — "probably your only chance for...
Ukraine War
Russia's fuel crisis is no longer just a frontline problem. It's reached Siberia — Omsk, Novosibirsk, and Irkutsk are now rationing, thousands of miles...
The Treaty
An Israeli minister wants Netanyahu to reject Trump's Iran deal — and this analysis reads it as a real fault line. Trump wants out...
Dollars and Sense
Iran now sees the Strait of Hormuz as a cash cow, one scholar argues — and the real danger of Trump's toll-free deal is...
The Treaty
Trump has his signed Iran deal — but the political win isn't materializing. A new poll puts his approval at 36 percent, barely moved,...