Tag: Straight of Hormuz

Israel has just set off a chain reaction that will set the Gulf on fire

RT By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow). 19-March-2026 Facing a struggle for survival, Iran is making world’s entire energy economy its battleground By March 19, 2026, the pattern is unmistakable. What began as a war centered on Israel, Iran, Lebanon, and the waters around the Strait of […]

Choke Point: The Global Economic Consequences of the Persian Gulf Shutdown

How the disruption of oil, liquefied natural gas, and urea exports will cascade through the world economy Larry C. Johnson • March 10, 2026   The Strait of Hormuz: A Single Point of Failure Roughly 20–21 million barrels of oil pass through the Strait of Hormuz every day, representing approximately 20% of global petroleum liquids consumption and […]

Most thought-provoking reader comment of the week! February 13, 2026

  MartelsHammer Reader comment copied from Burning Platform article TRUMP GIVEN HIS ORDERS BY NETANYAHU at this URL: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/02/13/trump-given-his-orders-by-netanyahu/#more-395250  Anonymous  February 13, 2026 1:34 pm I guess I am ahead of the pack here at TBP on the level on cynicism. The carriers are bait……Trump and Israel (especially) want them destroyed by an Iranian hypersonic […]