The Middle East’s Dangerous New Phase
The war between Israel and Iran has entered what analysts are calling its most perilous chapter yet: the deliberate targeting of energy infrastructure. Both sides are now striking oil and gas…
Daily News Briefing — 2026-03-20
Today’s intelligence briefing from international investigative media.
What Comes Next
The situation remains dangerously fluid. Qatar’s declaration of force majeure will cascade through energy contracts worldwide. European diplomats are racing to find an off-ramp before the Strait of…
Walter MurrowEurope 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…
The Specter of Financial Catastrophe
Germany’s Der Spiegel offered perhaps the starkest framing, warning that Trump’s “ill-considered war against Iran” risks provoking a global financial crash. In a world more leveraged on debt than…
A Week That Shook Energy Markets
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…
Washington Weighs Easing Sanctions — While Striking Iran
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 Forgotten War Next Door
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…
What Comes Next
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…
America Becomes “Refusable”
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…