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Advantage Iran: A month of bombing has achieved nothing

Talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and steering Iran away from its nuclear program will be bitterly difficult. 

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Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps.

The Revolutionary Guards are taking over Iran

The Revolutionary Guards appear to have taken control of both the state and the war — so who can strike a deal with the President

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Share markets are unsure how to react to President Donald Trump’s war claims.

Tragedy or comedy: Traders gripped by cognitive dissonance

Markets excellent at pricing known risks are finding themselves ill-equipped to account for the uncertainty that comes from a war.

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With luck, the Iran war won’t cause a recession. But the surge in energy prices will push up the cost of living.

How high could global inflation go?

With luck, the Iran war won’t cause a recession. But the surge in energy prices will push up the cost of living.

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Most war-risk insurance in the region has been cancelled.
Mr Trump’s war of choice is more unpopular with American voters than any recent conflict, and the odds of a thumping for Republicans at the midterms in November just grew shorter.

Oil shock exposes political risks of Trump’s Iran strategy

Republicans should not panic, insists the White House. ‘NO PANICANS!’, it tweeted on March 14th.

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War in Iran is making Donald Trump weaker — and angrier

By diminishing the president’s political superpowers, his reckless campaign may make him more dangerous

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US President Donald Trump’s war in Iran and subsequent fuel crisis could cost him votes.

THE ECONOMIST: How the Iran war is weakening Donald Trump

Trump’s Iran war is more unpopular than any recent conflict and the resulting fuel crisis could cost his presidency

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 Shortages of fuels and chemicals threaten industries from farming to pharmaceuticals.

The Iran war is roiling commodities far beyond oil

Shortages of fuels and chemicals threaten industries from farming to pharmaceuticals.

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The Gulf states could join the conflict.

The Iran war may be about to escalate

With the war now in its third week, the Gulf states could join the US and Israel with attacks on Iran.

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The machine of war is now digital.

How software led to war on an industrial scale

The United States and Israel’s intelligence software has led to military precision targeting machines that enable war to run on an industrial scale.

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Global oil supplies have been hit due to the war in Iran.

The options Donald Trump has to cool oil prices

As Donald Trump’s options to cool oil prices run dry, the US president says he has a plan. It would need to be shrewd ...

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For investors, the conflict in the Middle East is like the invasion of Ukraine all over again.

Iran energy shock is reverberating across financial markets

For investors, the war is like the invasion of Ukraine all over again.

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