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The American Missile Crisis
Recent global conflicts, from Russia and Ukraine to Iran and Israel, have seen a resurgent awareness of the frailty of US munitions stock, which has been drawn down by both direct and indirect involvement in these events. While exact stockpile volumes are not disclosed, it is estimated that supplies of US warheads and the missiles that carry them have declined by nearly an order of magnitude since their peak during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Analysts have estimated that in the event of a...
The back-channel bid to go soft on Maduro
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China, tungsten and a supply shock in metal critical for war that will last far beyond Iran conflict
The Iran war has caused well-documented price spikes and shortages on a range of items Americans depend upon. Oil and gas, of course, but also petrochemicals and everything derived from them (e.g. plastics) and helium are among raw materials that have been besieged by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Still, there is another element which has seen its price surge amid increasingly short supply because of war, but where the shock will not relent even if the Strait is reopened.
Iran war day 103: US strikes after helicopter shot down, Tehran hits back
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World comes to China, Xi goes to North Korea: Why Kim Jong Un makes Beijing uneasy
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Will Israel's troops take over more of southern Lebanon?
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Hundreds of ships cross the Strait of Hormuz, some are going 'dark' to do it
US and Iran negotiations in 'deadlock', but ships are finding ways to cross the Strait of Hormuz Tue 9 Jun 2026 at 4:56am Marine traffic observers have revealed hundreds of commercial ships have crossed out of the Strait of Hormuz, often by taking "dark" journeys through Iran's "tollbooth route" or with the guidance of the United States. Analysts also say some Iranian tankers are likely slipping past the US blockade in the opposite direction and entering Iranian waters to be used to store...
Netanyahu faces angry voters at home and an irate Trump abroad
The renewed fighting overnight between Israel and Iran has deepened the political peril in which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finds himself only months before elections that amount to the most formidable challenge yet facing his decades of leadership. Netanyahu had already endured mounting criticism from both his political opponents and allies who are demanding that he escalate Israel’s fight against Hezbollah in Lebanon, even if it meant defying President Donald Trump —...
No Way to Make a Deal
President Trump skipped his eldest son’s wedding and held staff back in Washington over the holiday weekend, expecting that a deal with Iran that he said on Saturday was “largely negotiated” would soon be ready. His secretary of state, Marco Rubio, who was on a four-day trip to India, said on Sunday that a deal could come that day. Then he said the same thing on Monday.
Where are Xi, Trump going? Travel map reveals scale of changing world order
Diplomatic travel is more than ceremony, it shows where leaders choose to place scarce political attention. Presidents and premiers cannot be everywhere, so who they meet, where they go, and how often they host foreign leaders all signal priorities that speeches and strategy papers can obscure. The itineraries aren’t just about who flies where.