Trump vows to declare Strait of Hormuz a US territory
In yet another remark that triggered alarm around the world, President Donald Trump said Friday that he planned to declare…
Why the Trump administration will have to accept a Hormuz toll
In the weeks since the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding collapsed, Washington and Tehran have used the time to strengthen their…
Experts deliver brutal obituaries for Trump’s failed Iran war
University of Chicago political scientist John Mearsheimer on Sunday delivered a harsh reality check to US President Donald Trump over…
Iran’s Hormuz choice: trust pays, coercion doesn’t
History suggests geography can be a nation’s greatest economic asset or its greatest geopolitical liability. Whenever maritime arteries…
Why US won’t win with force alone in the Strait of Hormuz
Iranian attacks on Gulf vessels trying to transit via Omani sovereign waters have once again pulled the region…
NYT: Israel plotted to kill Iran peace negotiators to derail talks
Trump administration officials reportedly believed that the Israeli government intended to assassinate Iran’s top negotiators—including the country’s foreign minister—during…
A realist reading of the Israel-Turkey rupture
There is a temptation, whenever two regional powers start hurling accusations of genocide and dictatorship at each other,…
Oil ‘powder keg’: Trump says Hormuz blockade may last all summer
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday tried to project optimism about reaching a deal to end the illegal war he…
Why US hasn’t dared try to take the Hormuz Strait
Since the United States and Israel launched their war against Iran in late February, Iran has retaliated by…
Iran war on same disastrous path as Iraq war
The United States military achieved every objective it set when it went to war in Iraq in 2003.…