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USS Bataan (LHD 5) transits the Strait of Hormuz at sunset, 29 October 2011, U.S. Navy public-domain photo, edited for Washington Eye cover

A Good Deal, Not a Perfect One: Why Qatar’s Mediation Between Washington and Tehran Stalled

Diplomacy International Relations

Sultan of Oman Begins Britain State Visit as Hormuz Diplomacy Takes Center Stage

Conflict Featured

Strait of Hormuz Crisis Deepens as US Rejects Iran’s Reopening Plan

Economy Energy

Bessent Says Strait of Hormuz Could Become “Worthless” as U.S. Presses Iran Economically

Business Economy

Pipelines Beyond Hormuz: How New US-Iraq Deals Could Reorder Regional Energy Politics

Promotional poster about global trade realignment showing the New Hejaz Railway route across the Middle East, a modern train on tracks, ships at a port, and a sunset skyline.
Featured Gulf

New Hejaz Railway Emerges As Potential Alternative To Hormuz

Featured Middle East

US Patrol Helicopter Downed Near Strait Of Hormuz

Politics U.S.

Trump’s “Toll Free” Strait Pledge: Symbolism, Power and Risk in A Fragile Gulf

Economy Security

Europe Quietly Tests a New Maritime Reality in the Strait of Hormuz

Conflict Diplomacy

Securing Hormuz: What the New Bahrain-US Push at the UN Means

Conflict Economy

Hormuz Under Pressure: How One Strait is Exposing the Fragility of Global Trade

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