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Balancing acts and breaking points: Iraq’s US-Iran dilemma
MENASource June 30, 2025 • 4:11 pm ET C. Anthony Pfaff Even without the current conflict between Israel and Iran,…
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Oil Slips as Traders Weigh OPEC+ Hike
by Bloomberg | Mia Gindis, Catherine Cartier | Monday, June 30, 2025 | 4:04 PM EST Oil edged down after its…
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This summer will be decisive for the economy and Wall Street
If you followed the seasonal investing advice of “sell in May and go away,” you may want to reconsider because…
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The Downward Spiral of Western Counterintelligence
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The D Brief: Putin’s summer offensive in Sumy; ‘Largest combined strike’ vs. Ukraine so far; Fordow repairs underway; More Israeli strikes in Gaza; And a bit more.
Russian attacks on Ukraine are spiking, and Vladimir Putin’s troops are pressing a 3-1 advantage inside the partially-occupied Sumy region,…
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Europe and the Gulf: Roles in De-Escalating the Israel-Iran Conflict
30/06/2025, Evento ibrido | 11:30 CEST In the past weeks, Israel and Iran have entered in a confrontation that could…
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Iran-backed hackers may target US defense companies tied to Israel, agencies warn
photoman / Getty Images By David DiMolfetta Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW June 30, 2025 10:56 AM ET Cyber Iran American defense…
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Europe should help repair the damage to non-proliferation and international law from the attacks on Iran
European leaders’ responses to the recent Israeli and United States attacks against Iranian nuclear facilities have been striking for both…
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The Iran-China-Russia Axis Crumbles When It Matters
As Israel and then the United States battered Iran this month, the reaction from China and Russia was surprisingly muted.…
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Second-order impacts of civil artificial intelligence regulation on defense: Why the national security community must engage
Report June 30, 2025 • 10:00 am ET Deborah Cheverton Table of contents Executive summary Introduction Definitions National and supranational…
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Seventh FPSO prepares to join Petrobras’ Santos Basin field
Home Fossil Energy Seventh FPSO prepares to join Petrobras’ Santos Basin field June 30, 2025, by Dragana Nikše A sailaway…
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The Israel-Iran war may have saved both countries’ embattled leaders
In this photo illustration, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are seen on a…
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Iran Faces New Realities
Kachor Valentyna/Shutterstock Tehran’s response last week to US strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites was carefully calibrated. By launching a…
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Norway pension fund blacklists firms supplying Israeli military
Norway’s largest private pension fund has excluded two defense companies from its portfolio, citing their ties to the Israeli military…
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How QR Codes and Demonstrations Can Expand the Circle of Opposition
Codes can also be used to register voters. Protesters carry a banner representing the Preamble to the US Constitution in…
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U.S. trade talks resume after Canada rescinds tech tax in ‘clear victory’ for Trump
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said late Sunday trade talks with U.S. have resumed after Canada rescinded its plan to…
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Israeli Gas Flows to Egypt Return to Normal as Iran Truce Holds
by Bloomberg | Salma El Wardany | Monday, June 30, 2025 | 2:43 AM EST Israeli natural gas flows to Egypt…
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Isfahan: Iran’s Nuclear Heartland Reportedly Destroyed
About Hoover About Hoover Located on the campus of Stanford University and in Washington, DC, the Hoover Institution is the…
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The Failure to “Obliterate” Iran’s Nuclear Sites
About Hoover About Hoover Located on the campus of Stanford University and in Washington, DC, the Hoover Institution is the…
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Explaining Israel: The Jewish State, The Middle East, And America
In this collection of 40 columns written for RealClearPolitics between 2014 and 2024, Peter Berkowitz explains Israel by reporting events,…
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The G7 Summit: The Dilemma of Consensus Amid Global Tensions
Amid a cascade of global crises and realignments, leaders of the world’s most advanced economies convened in Kananaskis, Alberta, from…
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The Crisis Between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency Deepens
The Iranian parliament, the Majlis, has passed a law—also approved by the Guardian Council—mandating the government to halt all cooperation…
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The greatest problem right now is not what happened at Fordow – but what escaped them
While the Israelis believe that much of Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile is buried under rubble and collapsed tunnels, hundreds of…
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Kalmar’s climate targets validated by Science Based Targets initiative
The Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) has approved Kalmar’s near- and long-term science-based emissions reduction targets and verified net-zero science-based…
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Amazon, Google, Meta, and Uber slapped with $2 billion retroactive tax bill as Trump suspends Canada trade talks
President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology…
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A new modelling approach for evaluating the Trump tariffs
There is currently much discussion about President Trump’s tariffs, the US trade deficit, and its causes and impacts. The administration,…
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Oil Steady as OPEC+ Weighs Output Hike
by Bloomberg | Mia Gindis, Julia Fanzeres | Friday, June 27, 2025 | 4:01 PM EST Oil held steady as traders…
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Would US LNG See a Boon From a Strait of Hormuz Closure?
Wheatfieldstock/Shutterstock A full or partial closure of the Strait of Hormuz could benefit US LNG exporters in the short term…
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Trump’s approach to Russia and its war on Ukraine is evolving, not in one big leap, but in several smaller steps
This is part of a series of regular assessments of the efforts, spearheaded by the Trump administration, to achieve a negotiated…
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Price Bubble Bursts as Hormuz Remains Open
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Metzl featured across major media outlets responding to US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities
Iran Middle East Politics & Diplomacy Security & Defense United States and Canada In the News June 27, 2025 •…
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The D Brief: Uneasy ceasefire; FY26 budget plan, finally; ‘Largest Patriot engagement’; China’s drone mothership; And a bit more.
After two days of a ceasefire, Israel’s military chief is signaling more strikes on Iran could be on the horizon.…
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NATO Lures Trump Back – at a Cost
Trump spoke in glowing terms about the alliance – “I left here differently,” he said and promised U.S. support for…
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NATO Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Trump, the President Who Would Be King
World / June 27, 2025 King Donald and His Vassals The NATO secretary general had one mission: Keep Trump happy.…
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Oil Tanker Rates Collapse as Conflict in Middle East Abates
| Friday, June 27, 2025 | 10:21 AM EST The cost of shipping Middle East crude to customers in Asia…
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Who Needs “The New York Times” Editorial Board?
In his weekly newsletter, Elie Mystal argues that the Democratic Party that can defeat MAGA is not the Democratic Party…
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The Hidden Cost of Intelligence Leaks
In the days since President Donald Trump ordered strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites, media outlets have reported that the strikes did not entirely destroy the…
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Why the Houthis Went Missing in Action
Perhaps the most surprising thing about the 12-day Israeli-Iranian conflict, in which the United States bombed three sites and then…
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Refinery Outages Test Israel’s Strategic Resilience
27 Jun 2025 Issue: 68 / 26 By: Peter Stevenson All of Israel’s 300,000 b/d refinery capacity remains offline. For now, fuel…
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Bridging Borders: A Vision For Turkish-Syrian Energy Cooperation
27 Jun 2025 Issue: 68 / 26 Energy is no longer just an economic commodity — it has become a strategic instrument…
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Egypt Economy Buoyed By Return Of Israeli Gas
27 Jun 2025 Issue: 68 / 26 By: Peter Stevenson When Israel’s Leviathan and Karish fields came back online this week Egypt…
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Iran Oil Exports Prove Resilient Through 12-Day Conflict
27 Jun 2025 Issue: 68 / 26 By: Yesar Al-Maleki Iran’s crucial oil sector emerged largely unscathed from the 12-day war with…
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Iraq Vulnerabilities Laid Bare by Israel-Iran Conflict
27 Jun 2025 Issue: 68 / 26 By: Yesar Al-Maleki Iraq is breathing a sigh of relief after the US-brokered ceasefire between…
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Oil Prices Drop Sharply On Trump Ceasefire Deal
27 Jun 2025 Issue: 68 / 26 By: Jamie Ingram Global oil prices have fallen back below $70/B following US President Donald…
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Twelve Day Israel-Iran War Changes Face of Middle East
27 Jun 2025 Issue: 68 / 26 By: Jamie Ingram After bombing Iran and brokering a ceasefire in the Israel-Iran conflict, US…
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Israel-Iran War Highlights Europe Reliance On Gulf Jet Fuel
27 Jun 2025 Issue: 68 / 26 By: James Marriott The short conflict between Israel and Iran in the Gulf has highlighted…
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Chevron Field in Israel Allowed to Resume Production
Israeli authorities have allowed the Chevron Corp.-operated Leviathan natural gas and condensate field to restart production, after ordering a pause…
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Wall Street buoyed by Lutnick’s 10-deal pipeline, but analyst warns the calm may merely be the ‘eye of the storm’
Despite the macroeconomic factors swirling over Wall Street, a relative calm has descended across markets. At the time of writing,…
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Job openings among the largest U.S. federal contractors have plummeted at 25x the rate of all other jobs amid DOGE cuts, report finds
Elon Musk’s mass spending cuts across the government have not just slashed the federal workforce, but may also have axed…
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New York is America’s worst place for a ‘cheap date.’ Here are the best cities to be romantic on a budget
If you feel like it’s getting harder to treat your partner to a night out without breaking the bank, you’re…
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UAE Oil Partners Face Trading Losses after Surprise Supply Cut
by Bloomberg | Yongchang Chin & Serene Cheong | Friday, June 27, 2025 | 2:04 AM EST An unexpected move by…
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Don’t Let Iran Become Another Iraq
On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that U.S. and Israeli military operations had effectively closed the Iran nuclear file:…
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Re-invigorating Europe–Australia defence and security collaboration
Both Europe and Australia are waking up, not only to the challenges of a more antagonistic world order, but to…
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Call Him Daddy: Assessing America’s Strike On Iran
US forces launched bomb and missile strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, followed soon by an Iran-Israel ceasefire and the beginning…
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‘Very Good For US Credibility’: Ex-Secretary Of State Condoleezza Rice On Iran Strikes; Says Tehran’s Nuclear Facilities ‘Significantly Damaged’
About Hoover About Hoover Located on the campus of Stanford University and in Washington, DC, the Hoover Institution is the…
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Victor Davis Hanson: Iran, The Pariah Nation
About Hoover About Hoover Located on the campus of Stanford University and in Washington, DC, the Hoover Institution is the…
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Victor Davis Hanson: It Doesn’t Matter If Iran Can Build A Bomb. It Matters if America Has the Guts To Bomb Them, Again
About Hoover About Hoover Located on the campus of Stanford University and in Washington, DC, the Hoover Institution is the…
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What Iran’s Defeat Just Taught Venezuela, Cuba — And Why They Should Worry
About Hoover About Hoover Located on the campus of Stanford University and in Washington, DC, the Hoover Institution is the…
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Khamenei Vows to ‘Never Surrender’ to the U.S. in Defiant Speech
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Iran’s message to the United States and Israel, Europe’s security threats,…
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Russia Vows Continued Investment, Opec ‘Coordination’
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Hormuz Scare Showed Market Cost of Tanker Flexibility
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Mideast Turmoil Highlights Asia’s Crude Vulnerability
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What really happened to Fordow? Three possible futures for Iran’s nuclear program after US strikes.
As the Israel-Iran war gives way to an uneasy cease-fire, the overriding question of whether the US-Israeli military offensive will…
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WTI Edges Up as OPEC+ Meeting Looms
by Bloomberg | Mia Gindis, Alex Longley | Thursday, June 26, 2025 | 3:33 PM EST Oil held steady as traders…
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More at Stake for IOCs as Mideast Risk Profile Evolves
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Good Crisis for China?
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Fundamentals Dominate as Oil’s War Premium Evaporates
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Why Talk of ‘Regime Change’ Raises Lingering Ghosts of Humiliation in Iran
Editor’s Note: Sina Azodi is an assistant professor of Middle East politics at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International…
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Trump Hammers Iran. What Comes Next?
Chris, Zack, and Melanie get together to discuss the very rapidly-moving events in the Middle East following the execution of…
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How to restart nuclear diplomacy with Iran
Iranian protesters chant slogans in Revolution Square to protest US attacks on nuclear sites in Iran on June 22, 2025,…
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The Democratic Party Establishment Should Follow Zohran Mamdani’s Example
Once they get over the shock, the idea-starved Democrats at the national level should learn from Zohran Mamdani: actually give…
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Trump’s Iran Deal Withdrawal Comes Back to Haunt Him
As the dust continues to settle after the U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, which were meant to destroy Tehran’s…
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Did Trump Just Lift Sanctions on Iranian Oil?
Ignoring Tehran’s oil shipments has been informal policy for years. What if Washington made it official? An illustrated portrait of…
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Dispatch from The Hague: It’s been Trump’s week in Europe and Iran
Inflection Points June 26, 2025 • 11:52 am ET Frederick Kempe THE HAGUE—It’s been a confounding week for President Donald…
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Is Trump Repeating Obama’s Iran Mistake and Bush’s Iraq Disaster?
Civil War Would Devastate Iran, but That Becomes a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy If the U.S. Doesn’t Push for Managed Transition President…
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Iran’s nuclear programme: How India can play a big role
India is perhaps the only country trusted by the United States, Israel, and Iran A shaky ceasefire may now exist…
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The D Brief: WH, DOD upset by Iran assessment; Comity at NATO summit; Military mission expands in US; AI’s latest natsec problem; And a bit more.
The White House is upset about skepticism over the effectiveness of its Iran strikes carried out by B-2 stealth bombers…
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SecDef doubles down on claims Iran’s nuclear program is ‘obliterated’
In this screenshot from the Fox broadcast, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at a Pentagon press conference on June 26,…
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CIA: fresh evidence shows Iran’s nuclear program was ‘severely damaged”
CIA Director John Ratcliffe arrives to the U.S. Capitol for a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing on Tuesday, June…
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Iraq Says USA Company Among Bidders as It Plans First LNG Imports
by Bloomberg | Khalid Al-Ansary, Verity Ratcliffe | Thursday, June 26, 2025 | 9:39 AM EST Iraq is in advanced talks…
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In a world in which there is no longer truth or fact, but “my truth” and “alternative facts,” it should…
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Russia’s Role in Iran’s Drone and Missile Gamble
Israel’s large-scale strikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites that began June 13 triggered a direct confrontation between the two…
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In the crossfire: How the Gulf states can steer dialogue between Iran and Israel
Iran’s strikes on the Al Udeid air base in Qatar on June 23 forced the Gulf states to confront a…
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Iran Is Islamism’s Last Lifeline in the Middle East
Following the U.S. attack on Iran’s nuclear sites, U.S. President Donald Trump posted a message on Truth Social endorsing regime…
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Iran’s supreme leader makes first public statement since ceasefire, saying Tehran ‘delivered a hand slap to America’s face’
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Thursday his country had “delivered a hand slap to America’s face” and warned against any…
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5 Things to Know Before the Stock Market Opens
U.S. stock futures are pointing up as the S&P 500 remains less than 1% away from its all-time closing high;…
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Accor Group CEO Sébastien Bazin: ‘Anybody who’s waiting for the day after tomorrow is just an idiot’
Good morning. Accor Group CEO Sébastien Bazin says he left the financial industry for a “super narcissistic” reason: “After 25…
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MABUX: Bunker price trends in the world’s largest hubs, Week 26, 2025
The Bunker Outlook was contributed by Marine Bunker Exchange (MABUX) Global bunker indices tracked by MABUX fell sharply in Week…
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Trump says U.S. and Iran will talk next week as ceasefire holds: ‘The way I look at it, they fought, the war is done’
Israel and Iran seemed to honor the fragile ceasefire between them for a second day Wednesday and U.S. President Donald Trump asserted that American…
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Trump Says US, Iran Will Talk Next Week, Mideast War Over for Now
President Donald Trump said the US would hold a meeting with Iran next week but cast doubt on the need…
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Pedro Azagra Named New Iberdrola CEO
| Thursday, June 26, 2025 | 3:24 AM EST Spanish utility Iberdrola S.A. has picked as new chief executive officer…
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Trump Says US, Iran Will Talk Next Week, Mideast War Paused
President Donald Trump said the US would hold a meeting with Iran next week but cast doubt on the need…
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China sits out Iran conflagration
Rewind a couple of years to the China-brokered Iran-Saudi Arabia rapprochement in March 2023, which quickly developed its own mythology.…
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Foreign Minister participates in 49th GCC Extraordinary Ministerial Council meeting in Doha
Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs, participated in the 49th Extraordinary Meeting of the GCC Ministerial…
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Condoleezza Rice: There Is No Doubt Iranian Regime Is ‘Not Interested’ In Peace
About Hoover About Hoover Located on the campus of Stanford University and in Washington, DC, the Hoover Institution is the…
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Abbas Milani: ‘They Are At Their Weakest’: Iran Agrees To Ceasefire ‘Out Of Desperation’
About Hoover About Hoover Located on the campus of Stanford University and in Washington, DC, the Hoover Institution is the…
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HM King chairs Extraordinary Cabinet Meeting
His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa chaired an extraordinary session of the Cabinet at Sakhir Palace, in the…
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Lending Uncle Sam the rope
The first column in this series of three columns profiled the Moody’s downgrade of the US Treasury, provided a rudimentary…
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Pakistan Finds Itself in Awkward Diplomatic Position
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Pakistan experiences a whirlwind week of diplomacy amid the United…
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Why Russia Is Sitting Out This Round of the Israel-Iran Conflict
A decade ago, Russia seemed to be having its moment in the Middle East. But from today’s perspective, that moment…
