Washington expands economic penalties against Tehran, leaving global energy markets dependent on Beijing’s willingness to enforce trade restrictions.
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Postwar Iran seeks a regional role, but Gulf states stay divided over ties while militias and economic tensions complicate cooperation.
Iraqi oil exports are reviving, yet Iranian smuggling and transit fees risk turning Iraq’s recovery into Tehran’s profit.
A US withdrawal from Gulf bases would hand Iran a strategic win while doing nothing to reduce missile threats.
A prolonged Iran war is redrawing Gulf security, fracturing alliances, and forcing hard choices about oil, defense, and diplomacy.
Oil markets keep betting the Strait of Hormuz reopens soon. That wager explains lower wartime prices and violent volatility.
Houthi escalation at Mokha targets Saudi interests, disrupts Red Sea security, and tests new maritime defense coalitions.
Forty seven years of sanctions and strikes failed to break Iran. Maximum Pressure strengthened resistance and eroded U.S. credibility.
Military force cannot substitute for political settlement, as the Iran campaign risks becoming another long open-ended U.S. deployment.
Dubai’s shell firms and free zones move billions for Iran, forcing new US pressure on Abu Dhabi to act.