Europe Breaks With Washington
European leaders meeting in Brussels charted a markedly different course. According to reporting from El País, the EU is actively seeking a diplomatic solution to reopen the Strait of Hormuz — the…
European leaders meeting in Brussels charted a markedly different course. According to reporting from El País, the EU is actively seeking a diplomatic solution to reopen the Strait of Hormuz — the…
In a striking policy pivot, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox Business that Washington is evaluating lifting some sanctions on Iranian oil exports as energy prices surge. The…
The escalating conflict between Iran, Israel, and the United States has moved squarely onto the world’s most critical energy chokepoints — and the consequences are rippling outward at alarming…
Three weeks into the US-Iran war, the world faces a dangerous convergence of risks: an energy crisis with no clear end date, a fracturing of the US-led security architecture that has underwritten…
While global attention is consumed by the Gulf, one columnist in the Sydney Morning Herald reminded readers of another conflict: the ongoing civil war in Myanmar. “There is war in our backyard and we…
In Greece, a new MRB poll reveals that seven in ten citizens want Prime Minister Mitsotakis to maintain a neutral stance in the war, even as Greek military assets are deployed in Saudi Arabia. The…
Perhaps the most striking geopolitical development is the erosion of American leverage. As the Sydney Morning Herald put it bluntly: “America has become refusable.” Barely two weeks into his war on…
With the Strait of Hormuz effectively shut down, a coalition of nations is preparing to act. Leaders from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Japan issued a joint…
The most immediate and widely felt consequence is surging energy prices. Charts published by Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald and The Age paint a stark picture: fuel prices at the pump are climbing…
On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched a bombing campaign against Iran. Tehran retaliated swiftly — striking US assets and military bases across the Gulf and, critically,…