Beijing maintains crucial financial lifelines for Tehran while actively competing against American technology firms across growing Middle Eastern markets.
Browsing: Iran
Iran’s war economy forces citizens to bear the burden as bread prices soar and wages collapse while elites remain protected
Saudi Arabia questions U.S. protection as Iran strikes oil infrastructure, turning to the Mecca Pact and China for security guarantees.
Iran’s role in Yemen pushes Houthis toward wider war, yet heavy losses and overextension threaten their fragile gains.
Saudi Arabia’s economic recovery falters as pipeline attacks, Houthi strikes, and oil cuts turn a downside scenario into reality.
Iran’s regime survives on oil revenue and paid enforcers, not ideology, as U.S. strikes avoid destroying its payday.
Protracted Middle East naval combat drains Pacific missile defense stocks, prompting Asian allies and Beijing to re-evaluate American commitments.
U.S. selectivity is breaking the UN, as vetoes, funding cuts, and abandoned peacekeeping missions accelerate decomposition into competing fragments.
Houthi forces seized Yemen’s western coast, threatening Bab al-Mandab as Hormuz flows collapse and Washington treats chokepoints separately.
Israel’s election may replace Netanyahu, but Eisenkot and Bennett share his core security policies on Gaza, Iran, and Palestinian statehood.