Technical barriers and storage exhaustion prevent an immediate recovery of energy markets, despite the implementation of a fragile ceasefire in Iran.
Browsing: Iraq
Iraq’s oil export paralysis underscores the strategic cost of domestic political deadlock and the necessity of external mediation to secure global energy flows.
Striking civilian utility grids is militarily ineffective and risks triggering a regional water crisis that undermines U.S. legitimacy and partner security.
History confirms that war is a failed shortcut to power, as aggressors repeatedly ignore the negative arithmetic of conflict for defined political gains.
“Confronting these militias is like taking on the Sicilian Mafia—they have penetrated the judiciary, the economy, and the security services to the point of state paralysis.”
“Iraq moves 90 percent of its trade by sea; a prolonged Gulf disruption is an existential economic threat.”
Iraq’s “balancing act” has failed as Iranian-aligned militias and U.S. retaliatory strikes turn the country into a focal point of regional chaos.
Iran proposes a union with no members. Iraq is the last wall. This is not a project—it is an emergency exit.
Bremer dismantled Iraq’s state in 2003. Iran’s infrastructure and opposition exist. Without a plan, victory becomes collapse.
Baghdad cannot protect Kurdish territory from Iranian missiles. The US should treat Kurdistan like Taiwan for air defense, bypassing Iraqi veto.