A market downturn in the U.S. – exacerbated by an energy crisis – could spell disaster for Trump’s midterm hopes. When the U.S. Navy, in co-ordination with Qatar and Oman, tried to slip a convoy of four vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, via Omani waters, on Tuesday night – rather than pass via Iran’s...

Trump’s Iran deal shatters Israel’s 40-year dream of regime change. The Iran-U.S. de-escalation framework has been signed. As always, getting a framework agreed is one thing, but preserving it from disruptive actors or malicious distortion of the text is quite another. Who knows how long it will survive intact? The MoU nonetheless constitutes an important...