Geo Politics

Every few years, someone in Tehran reminds the world that a fifth of global oil trade passes through a strait barely 33 kilometres wide at its narrowest point, and markets remember why they should never get too comfortable. This week it was Mohsen Rezaei, a senior Iranian security official with a long history in the

There’s something uniquely chilling about watching a journalist mid-broadcast when the ground behind them erupts. That’s what happened this week in Lebanon, when footage circulated showing an Israeli strike landing just meters from a reporter delivering a live update. The clip, widely shared across networks, captures the reporter flinching, the crew scrambling, and the unmistakable

Small states rarely get to make grand statements on the world stage, but Kosovo just did. By signing up to the US-led stabilisation force for Gaza, Pristina has placed itself firmly in Washington’s column at a moment when few countries are eager to put boots on the ground in one of the most combustible patches

There is a particular kind of danger in a crisis that refuses to escalate into full war but also refuses to end. That is precisely where the Iran-U.S. confrontation now sits, and the Strait of Hormuz has become its pressure gauge. According to reporting on the latest exchange of strikes, President Trump’s administration is pursuing

A quarter century is long enough for an event to pass from memory into history, and yet 9/11 refuses to make that transition cleanly. This week, as reported by outlets covering the anniversary ceremonies at Ground Zero, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, America once again read out nearly 3,000 names, rang bells at the moments the

There is something almost theatrical about a militia that spent two years shooting at merchant vessels suddenly declaring the Red Sea “safe” — with an asterisk. Yahya Saree, the Houthi military spokesman, announced that maritime navigation through one of the world’s most critical waterways is now largely unhindered, except, pointedly, for Saudi-flagged or Saudi-linked ships.

There’s a particular kind of diplomatic humiliation that doesn’t require a single harsh word being spoken. It just requires timing. And the timing of Russia’s latest strikes on Kyiv, coming almost immediately after Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner wrapped up their Moscow visit, could not have been more pointed if the Kremlin had scripted it