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Iran-Gulf crisis
The Iran-Gulf crisis, explained
What the crisis is, who is involved, and the structural drivers that keep producing flare-ups.
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Timeline of US-Iran tensions
The structural beats of US-Iran relations from 1979 to today.
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The Strait of Hormuz, explained
The geography, the cargo, the threat history, and why "closing" the strait is harder than threatening it.
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Iran's nuclear programme, explained
What the programme is, how enrichment levels work, what "weapons grade" means, and why the IAEA reports are the canonical reference.
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The IRGC, explained
Iran's parallel military, distinct from the regular army, with a separate command chain and the country's external operations role.
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The JCPOA, explained
The 2015 Iran nuclear deal: what it traded, why it broke, and why it still anchors the diplomatic conversation a decade later.
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Iran sanctions, explained
The architecture, the categories, who is sanctioned, and what sanctions can and cannot do.
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Iran's regional proxies, explained
The network, the misuse of the term "proxy", and what control really looks like.
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The Houthis, explained
Who controls northern Yemen, the Red Sea campaign, and why "Iranian proxy" understates their agency.
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Hezbollah, explained
Lebanese Shia movement, the closest Iranian non-state partner, and the precision-missile capability that anchors Israel's northern-front planning.
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Gulf security, explained
US basing, Gulf state defence postures, the GCC, and the deconfliction architecture in the most-watched body of water in the world.
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Maritime insurance and the Gulf war-risk premium
How insurance prices conflict risk, why Joint War Committee designations matter, and how to read freight-rate moves.
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How Iran tension moves oil prices
The transmission channels from regional flare-up to Brent crude.
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What happens if Iran closes Hormuz?
The closure scenario examined plainly: what closure would mean, how it could happen, and what would follow.
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What could de-escalation look like?
The structural moves available to each side, the historical analogues, and what tracking de-escalation looks like in practice.
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