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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Australian Involvement in Protecting Strait of Hormuz Would Provide Confidence to Other NationsJim Townsend, a former U-S Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, who spent more than two decades working o...
By Jim Townsend
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Iran War Exposes Fragilities in Global Critical Minerals Supply Chain“For Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the question is, how much will investing in critical minerals and the capacity to process investment … be affected by the war, and what other pr...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Defense / Middle East Security
Military Briefing: How Mines Could Tighten Iran’s Gulf Chokehold“There is a huge asymmetry between mine laying and mine clearing, because one is much easier than the other,” said Tom Shugart, a former submarine commander at the Center for ...
By Tom Shugart
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Iran Oil Hub Strike Raises Fears of Further Supply Upheaval“It’s Trump trying to escalate in order to de-escalate,” said Rachel Ziemba, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. “The biggest risk to oil markets, and t...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
How Will the War on Iran Impact the U.S. Economy?Rising prices on the back of US-Israel strikes on Iran are adding to the economic pressure facing US consumers despite efforts by US President Donald Trump to paint the war as...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Defense / Middle East Security
Known Knowns and the RestFog of (a social media) war? In an age where X is filled with unverifiable information, AI slop is becoming harder to identify, Iranians don’t have access to reliable internet...
By Carlton Haelig
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Putin’s ‘Hidden Hand’ Guides Iran’s Strikes in Widening WarRussian intelligence support for Iran’s deadly retaliation against the US, Israel and Gulf allies — as well as concerns China may also be helping Tehran — demonstrates deepeni...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
Iranian School Was on U.S. Target List, May Have Been Mistaken as Military SiteThe Iranian elementary school building where scores of children were killed as the U.S. and Israel began their massive aerial campaign was on a U.S. target list and may have b...
By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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Trump Generating His Own Fog of Disinformation About Iran War
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While every military conflict brings difficulty in understanding what is really happening at the front lines, President Donald Trump’s war against Iran features its own unique...
By Jim Townsend
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Defense / Middle East Security
Iran War Tactics Evolve from past Conflict’s LessonsAfter more than a week of strikes, the US and Israel appear to be dismantling Iran’s military machine with startling speed. They’ve hit thousands of targets across the country...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Mideast Tanker Escort: High-Risk Mission for U.S. Navy
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US Navy escorts could help increase the flow of tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, but American warships accompanying slow-moving commercial vessels would face threats incl...
By Daniel Schneiderman
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Consumers Express Dismay over Rising Gas Prices After Attack on IranSurging energy prices caused by the US-Israel war on Iran could ripple across the United States economy, heaping further strain on consumers at a time when cost-of-living issu...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump’s Iran War Will End When He Declares Victory — The Only Question Is When
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When will Donald Trump declare victory in Iran? The answer to that question could determine whether it’s a few days, a few weeks, a few months or even longer that American ser...
By Jim Townsend
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
America’s Military Is Focused on Iran. Its Biggest Challenge Is China.By CDR Thomas Shugart, USN
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The Merchants of War
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On February 28, at 9:40 am local time in Sohrevardi Street in Tehran, the first thing Shirin noticed was not the blast but the quiet that came after it. Tehran, a city that us...
By Richard Fontaine
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The Trillions of Dollars of U.S. Investment at Stake in the Gulf
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Last year, the richest countries in the Persian Gulf pledged to pump trillions of dollars of investment into the U.S. in a bid to charm President Trump and strengthen ties....
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump’s Iran Conflict Cuts the World off from a Crucial Energy Source
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Countries across Europe and Asia are facing a potential energy crisis after an Irani drone strike shut down Qatar’s exports of liquefied natural gas this week, cutting off nat...
By Rachel Ziemba
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In The News
Defense / Middle East Security
Why Iran’s Warship ‘Didn’t Have a Chance’ Against a Los Angeles-Class SubmarineThe U.S. military’s operations against Iran reached a new level of intensity on Tuesday when an American submarine torpedoed an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, marking th...
By Tom Shugart
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Trump’s Shifting Iran Strategies Risk a Chaotic Global Endgame
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In the opening days of the Iran war, US President Donald Trump and his team have offered a series of often changing objectives for the campaign....
By Richard Fontaine
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Ask Politifact: What Does the Iran War Mean for Us Gasoline Prices?
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When President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address in late February, he pointed to his efforts to reduce the price of a key consumer product: gasoline....
By Rachel Ziemba
