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Two Chinese very large crude carriers have made U-turns in the Strait of Hormuz, currently idling in the area, Bloomberg reported today, citing ship-tracking data. One of the supertankers, Sea V, loaded crude oil in Iraq and set off for...

In a Pacific war, the U.S. military cannot assume uncontested access to its depots and supply lines for munitions, spare parts, food, water, and energy. Jonathan is joined by David Tuttle (Rune Technologies), Paul Lwin (HavocAI), and Tom Garvey (CACI)...

Japan has issued an unusually direct criticism of its U.S. ally after Washington imposed sanctions on International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye. Japan’s foreign ministry described the sanctions as “very unfortunate” and reaffirmed Tokyo’s...

The Iran war is beginning to resemble the Ukraine war in one important way. Operationally, the wars themselves are still very different — Ukraine is a large-scale ground invasion, while the Iran war is not there just yet. But their...

China has completed the first phase of construction at Antelope Reef in the disputed Paracel Islands, creating a large artificial island that analysts say could eventually become one of Beijing’s most important military facilities in the South China Sea. Satellite...

In early 1963, a single number characterized the difference in the positions of the United States and the Soviet Union on a comprehensive nuclear test ban. Nikita Khrushchev had proposed three on-site inspections each year. Washington was asking for seven....

Venezuela has signed deals with oilfield service major SLB and Hunt Oil Co. as part of efforts to boost investment in its key energy industry, Bloomberg reported, citing a TV statement made by the South American country’s oil minister, Paula...

As campaigning begins for Nigeria’s January elections, President Bola Tinubu faces a difficult test of both his economic reforms and his All Progressives Congress party’s more than decade-long record in power. Tinubu is seeking a second term against major challengers...

The United States and South Korea have long relied on their military alliance to deter North Korea and maintain stability on the Korean Peninsula. But President Donald Trump’s decision to substantially reduce U.S. participation in joint military exercises has introduced...

Crude oil prices extended their gains for the fourth day today as fresh tanker-tracking data suggests traffic via the Strait of Hormuz has slowed further amid harder rhetoric from both Iran and the United States, with both sides demonstrating an...

Recent events in Ceuta have revived a debate that many had long regarded as little more than a historical dispute. That interpretation, however, fails to capture the issue’s contemporary strategic significance. Ceuta and Melilla now stand at the intersection of...

Five years after returning to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban’s rule remains as ultra-extremist as ever. Acting in the name of a self-centered version of Islam, the group has made no effort to modify its hardline ideological beliefs in favour...

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have signed the Mecca Joint Defense Pact, a new collective defense arrangement that connects the Middle East with South Asia. Its central promise is striking: An armed attack against any one of the three countries...

Forklifts can be equipped with cameras, proximity detectors and collision-warning systems, workers appear to remain dependent largely upon horns, painted lines, mirrors and the ability of a forklift driver to twist around and look backward. Meanwhile, GM advertises the Flint-produced...

Discovery Channel India’s Declassified: Operation Sindoor, released August 15, 2026, offers New Delhi’s most polished retelling yet of the 88-hour confrontation of May 7–10, 2025. Pakistan remembers the same four days as Marka-e-Haq — and when the record is broken down...

As the era of frictionless globalization gives way to systemic warfare, the European Union finds itself trapped in an institutional paradox: it remains a global economic titan, yet it lacks the strategic machinery to defend its own interests. While authoritarian...

“President Donald Trump’s decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea,” Matthew Lee and Ben Finley write for the Associated Press, “does not just slight a longtime ally but raises broader concerns about the security interests of the...

The Iran war has created an extraordinary earnings season for U.S. refiners. Brent crude has fallen to around $90 per barrel from a wartime peak of $126, but the shortage of refined fuels has only deepened. According to Reuters, Global...

There have been perhaps a handful of events since the end of the Second World War that have fundamentally reshaped the world’s oil markets and consequently its geopolitics while remaining largely unnoticed at the time. The quiet agreement between U.S....

Leaked emails reveal Britain’s domestic spying service attempted to recruit a high-ranking BBC board member as a key agent of influence, at a time when the British state broadcaster was embroiled in a bitter legal and journalistic battle with MI5....

Just days after threatening to declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory, President Donald Trump on Tuesday posted a map on his Truth Social platform with that label over the crucial waterway – and was swiftly called out by a top...

China’s new Arctic route cuts the journey from Ningbo to Europe in half. What the headlines aren’t saying is that every mile of it runs through Russian waters, on Russian terms. You’ve rarely seen China advertise dependency. This is because...

Palantir chairman and hedge fund owner Peter Thiel bought a 1% stake in one of the biggest companies operating in the Vaca Muerta shale formation in Argentina in the latest evidence of the play’s prospects as the world’s second-largest shale...

On August 5, a rocket lifted off from the coast of China carrying a new satellite that Indonesia now calls Lampung-1. Named after a province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the satellite will help the province monitor its farms,...

AI is changing energy systems, but data centers are only a small part of the impact. Much has been written and said about how the data center and AI boom are consuming and will consume increasingly higher shares of global...

The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that crude oil inventories in the United States fell by 328,000 barrels in the week ending August 14. In the week prior, US crude oil inventories rose by 9.072 million barrels on the back...

Green hydrogen research and development has found itself in limbo, once again. Enthusiasm for the resource’s potential as a clean energy solution in hard-to-abate sectors like steelmaking, shipping, and transportation has waxed and waned over the last decade as the...

In 2025, James Cameron wrote, “Eurodeterrent: A Vision for an Anglo-French Nuclear Force,” where he argued the United Kingdom and France should cooperate to develop a nuclear deterrent umbrella for Europe, independent of Washington. A year later, after French President...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has predicted that the Strait of Hormuz will become “irrelevant” within two years, and with Gulf oil producers already building their way around it, millions of barrels may prove him right for a short time....

‘Next month’s state elections in Germany could see the Alternative für Deutschland reach power for the first time. The ruling Christian Democrats seem paralysed and are increasingly imitating their rising far-right rival.’ In Jacobin . Read the article HERE . Picture by...

Saudi Arabia spent weeks finding ways around the Strait of Hormuz. Now it is starting to send tankers straight back through it. Saudi Aramco resumed crude loadings from its Ras Tanura and Juaymah terminals inside the strait last week, ending...

Despite apparent financing difficulties hovering over the construction of nuclear reactors in Uzbekistan, the Russian nuclear agency Rosatom has announced it is developing a training program for Uzbek technicians who will eventually operate the plant. Rosatom specialists need to develop...

With college costs reaching new highs, The Princeton Review ranked schools based on how much financial aid is awarded and how satisfied students are with their packages. At several of the schools near the top of The Princeton Review’s list,...

Latvia's demand for massive funding from the EU budget is causing bewilderment and concern in Brussels over a potential wave of countries lining up for handouts. Latvia Wants Money to Maintain a Frontline State Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said Latvia needs €7...

At Lürssen’s Berne yard on the Weser River, Floating Dock 10 holds a superyacht that isn’t going anywhere. The Dilbar — 156 metres long, with a 25-metre pool and two helipads — has sat there since 2022, frozen under EU...

At the OCP APAC Summit in Taiwan , August 11–12, 2026, Applied Materials’ Subi Kengeri framed artificial intelligence as the semiconductor industry’s largest inflection point. AI demand is accelerating the industry toward one trillion dollars in annual revenue, but the...