Expert reporting on the Israel-Iran conflict and U.S. involvement, from the June 2025 Twelve-Day War to ongoing military escalation, strategic signalling, regional spillover risks and great power implications across the Middle East.
A special report for Intelligence subscribers that breaks down the positions and possible paths forward for over 20 countries trying to navigate around the U.S.-Israel-Iran war
The war on Iran's economy has been running for decades. U.S.-Israeli strikes on economic infrastructure in 2026 brought cascading effects on the country's economy. The result will not be collapse, but it is something more dangerous for ordinary Iranians than the war itself.
The UAE exits OPEC. Islamists seize two Malian cities and kill the defence minister. Iraq gets a compromise PM Washington can live with. And in Washington, a royal visit, an assassination attempt and a social media post that says everything.
Iraq has long found itself in an uncomfortable position between its two main international partners, Iran and the United States. It has managed to maintain a delicate balance, but the current conflict threatens to upend that equilibrium.
The Houthis could close Bab al-Mandab and cut off 25% of global energy traffic. Why haven't they done so? Meanwhile, the U.S. blockades Iran, Trump feuds with the Pope, and Massad Boulos quietly reshapes Libya's future.
Technical talks on Libyan unification. A visual investigation into Sudan's forgotten war. And the exclusive finding that BGN, widely believed to have exited Libya's oil market, never left. Plus: what CEOs were really saying in Washington.
The U.S.-Iran ceasefire is fragile, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, and serious questions linger about what the war means for America's global standing. Meanwhile, a quiet diplomatic shift in Libya may offer the Trump administration something it badly needs right now: a win.
Trump says a deal with Iran is close. Tehran says it isn't. Gas hits $3.98. Ukraine strikes Russia's largest export terminal. And Mohammed Soliman explains why the Middle East as we knew it is already over.
The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz impacts more than just oil. The Gulf is struggling to export fertiliser and import food, creating a worsening cycle.
Decades of effort went into building the case for a U.S. war with Iran, and now it has finally arrived. But for Washington’s think tanks and policy circles, it is not what they had in mind.
As American and Israeli strikes reshape Iran’s military landscape, a parallel campaign is unfolding on screens and in exile capitals: the promise of a picture-perfect tomorrow.
