Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Qatar Spent Months Mediating Between Washington and Tehran — It Just Formally Condemned Iran’s Attacks on Its Neighbors Qatar formally condemned Iran's repeated attacks on Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait — a rupture from the mediator Iran has itself struck, including a March... Jack BuckbyJuly 16, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Iran Just Smashed Two Tankers Belonging to the UAE — and the Emirates Are Now Threatening to Hit Back Iran struck three tankers running dark through Hormuz — two Emirati-owned, prompting a UAE threat to retaliate — as U.S. strikes hit six Iranian... Isaac SeitzJuly 14, 2026
Dollars and Sense There Is No Way Around the Strait of Hormuz: The Gulf’s Billion-Dollar Escape Routes Can Only Carry Half the Oil With Hormuz effectively shut for more than four months — the most severe oil supply shock in history — Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Qatar... Harry J. KazianisJuly 11, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Japan Just Pulled Almost Its Entire Merchant Fleet Out of the Gulf — a Quiet Exodus That Says Everything About Hormuz Japan's merchant fleet has all but left the Gulf — down from roughly 45 ships to four, with crews cut from 1,100 to about... Jack BuckbyJuly 10, 2026
Dollars and Sense Trump Gave Iran ‘a Week Off’ for Khamenei’s Funeral — Then the IRGC Fired Missiles at Two Tankers in the Strait of Hormuz Iran's Revolutionary Guard fired at least two missiles at ships near the Strait of Hormuz, damaging a Qatari LNG tanker and a Saudi supertanker... Jack BuckbyJuly 7, 2026
Dollars and Sense The Iran War Just Triggered the ‘Greatest Threat to Global Energy Security in History’ — and the World’s Oil Safety Net Is Now Gone The Iran conflict triggered what the IEA calls the greatest threat to global energy security in history, halting roughly a fifth of global oil... Steve BalestrieriJuly 6, 2026
The Treaty Trump Was Just Handed the Options to Restart the War With Iran — Including an Amphibious Assault on Its Most Vital Oil Island Trump's national security team has reportedly presented him with options to resume all-out war on Iran — one of them an amphibious and airborne... Brent M. EastwoodJuly 1, 2026
Dollars and Sense Ships Are Quietly Returning to the World’s Most Dangerous Oil Route — and One Detail Shows Operators Are Betting the Strait Stays Open Just days after Iran attacked two tankers and drew U.S. strikes in return, ships are cautiously returning to the Strait of Hormuz. Weekly traffic... Jack BuckbyJune 30, 2026
Dollars and Sense Donald Trump Says the Iran Oil Crisis Is Over. The Damage Tells a Different Story — and Some of It Lasts Years Trump says the oil crisis is over. The damage says otherwise. Qatar lost 17 percent of its gas export capacity to Iranian strikes —... Jack BuckbyJune 15, 2026