Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Iran Can No Longer Pay Its Own Soldiers — and Trump Has Several Ways to Push It Over the Edge Summary and Key Points: On the surface, the Iran war has stalled into a tense ceasefire. Underneath, the regime is coming apart: prices are... Steve BalestrieriJune 4, 2026
The Treaty Forget Oil: The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Is Creating Some Really Strange Shortages No One Expected Summary and Key Points: Ask most people what an oil shortage looks like, and they’ll say expensive gas. They won’t say a bakery asking... Brandon WeichertJune 4, 2026
Dollars and Sense Everyone’s Watching Gas Prices. The Fuel That Could Actually Break the Economy Is the One Almost No One Talks Abou Summary and Key Points: Here’s a thought experiment one national security analyst can’t shake: what if the Strait of Hormuz simply stays closed —... Brandon WeichertJune 4, 2026
Dollars and Sense The Iran War Has Already Hit Your Gas Tank. Next, Economists Warn, It’s Coming for Your Grocery Bill Summary and Key Points: So far, the Iran War has hit Americans where they expected: at the gas pump, where prices have jumped 35%... Isaac SeitzJune 3, 2026
The Treaty For Decades, Every U.S. War Game Against Iran Ended the Same Way: Tehran Closes the Strait of Hormuz. It Just Happened for Real Summary and Key Points: For more than a decade, the U.S. military ran war game after war game simulating a conflict with Iran, and... Brandon WeichertJune 3, 2026
Dollars and Sense China’s Oil Imports Have Collapsed by Half Since the Iran War — and the Reason Prices Haven’t Exploded Is Quietly Alarming China’s crude oil imports have collapsed since the Iran War began, but global oil markets have so far avoided the supply shock many analysts... Jack BuckbyJune 3, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More There’s One Small Island That Could Break Iran’s Economy — and Some Argue the U.S. Should Seize It Summary and Key Points: There’s a single island in the Persian Gulf through which Iran ships 90 percent of its oil — and planners... Brent M. EastwoodJune 3, 2026
The Treaty The Iran Ceasefire Is Dead — and America Is Quietly Losing the War It Started Summary and Key Points: It was intended as a demonstration of American power. Instead, argues national-security editor Brandon Weichert, it’s becoming a lesson in... Brandon WeichertJune 3, 2026
Dollars and Sense One Scenario Has Oil Hitting $200 a Barrel and the World Tipping Into Recession — and the Strait of Hormuz Is the Trigger Iran has time on its side — and every week the Strait of Hormuz stays closed, the danger to the global economy grows. A... Brent M. EastwoodJune 3, 2026