“The US can no longer rely on its military power and the hegemony of the dollar as it once did. The transit fees to be collected through the Strait will open a massive door of economic gain for Iran.” By Özgür Altınbaş Iranian political analyst and author Peiman Salehi commented on the ceasefire and Iran’s strategic gains. According to Salehi, ...
How Did the Strait of Hormuz Become the U.S.’s Global Dilemma? By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist After the past 37 days, the U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict has moved beyond the battlefields and evolved into a phase that directly targets the resilience of nations. The harsh tone evident in U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest statements makes it clear that the conflict has moved ...
Scenarios according to the prolongation of conflict, from 2 weeks to 6 months. By Serhat Latifoğlu Following the attack on Iran by the imperialist US and Zionist Israel, Tehran quickly regrouped and regained both military and psychological superiority. Within just a few days, Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz pushed oil prices back up to the $100 level for ...
Interview with geopolitical analyst K.J. Noh. by Yunus Emre Özgün The mainstream narrative treats the current escalation in the Middle East as a localized, manageable crisis. It is not. What we are actually watching in real-time is the rapid, structural overextension of the entire Western bloc. To cut through the daily noise and diplomatic theater, I recently sat down with ...
Interview to RT French UWI author and political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan was guest to Russia Today French. Güzaltan discussed the latest developments in the war between Iran and the US/Israel, the significance of the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, and the possibility of a US “ground intervention.” We are sharing Güzaltan’s views with our readers. ————————————————————————-Mr. Guzaltan, good ...
Right before Trump’s speech, Pezeshkian addressed the American public. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has released an open letter to the American people, questioning whether Washington is truly putting “America First” or merely acting as a “proxy for Israel” willing to fight “to the last American soldier.” In the Wednesday message, which traces the roots of US-Iran tensions back to the ...
How has it been proven that economic and military superiority on paper is insufficient? By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The Strait of Hormuz has undoubtedly been a key choke point for energy and trade routes throughout history.However, at this point in time, Hormuz has become a full-fledged choke point; despite accounting for only 20 percent of global flow, it not ...
Negotiations, Ceasefire, and the Path Forward As the joint war waged by the United States and Israel—two nuclear-armed states, one of which possesses the most powerful military in the world—approaches its first month, developments on the ground indicate that none of the assumptions held by Washington and Tel Aviv at the outset of the conflict have materialized. The aggressor forces ...
Interview with Wes J. Bryant, a former Pentagon analyst and combat veteran. By Yunus Emre Özgün The “rules-based international order” is dead. It has not been dismantled by foreign adversaries, but systemically destroyed by its self-proclaimed architects. As the Middle East teeters on the edge of a regional conflagration sparked by Israeli strikes on Iran’s South Pars gas field and ...
A perspective from Egypt. Day after day, it becomes clearer to everyone that the war the United States and Israel are waging against Iran is not an easy walk or a swift military campaign. While the battles rage, the scope of the war expands, discontent grows, oil and gas prices are exploding, and fears of a severe inflationary wave are ...
The erratic leadership of NATO NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on March 22 that he is “absolutely convinced” that the alliance will be able to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Rutte stated 22 countries, including NATO members along with allies such as South Korea and Japan, are coordinating efforts to do that. Cem Gürdeniz, a retired Rear Admiral of ...
Posted by by Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein 16 Min Read March 24, 2026 We will present some tips that provide elements of analysis on the war between the United States and Israel against Iran and certain consequences that could arise from it: First, it’s important to put the economic and energy situation in the United States into context. In 2023, according ...