Today 69 years ago, on 24 April 1957, the Suez Canal reopened after six months of closure. What can history teach us about ...

The rivalry between two allies of US imperialism in the region primarily concerns their shares in the carve up of the Eastern ...

The transition from the declining Ottoman Empire to the contemporary Middle East is a story of profoundly tragic ...

The 1956 Suez Crisis saw Egypt seize the Suez Canal. France, UK, and Israel plotted to retake it but failed. Lessons from ...

submarines, which may transit submerged, and aircraft carriers. Under UNCLOS, Hormuz cannot legally be closed, even in ...

Israel moves fast, launching a bold military operation against a weaker Middle Eastern neighbor. It frames the campaign as a preëmptive effort to neutralize a regional threat. Israel’s Western allies ...

Oil prices are climbing again as the Strait of Hormuz remains virtually empty for the third day running.

Critics wonder if this is America’s “Suez moment,” when a leading power signals the start of its international decline. By Steven Erlanger Steven Erlanger writes about European, Middle Eastern and ...

Monday - Friday, 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET I'll be honest. I didn't know what a "petrodollar" was, exactly, until now. Yes, I knew it related to the connection between oil and the U.S. dollar. But the ...

Much has been made of the closing of the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran war, given that the passage is a major lifeline for the global economy. But it is just one of five major waterways that play a ...

Iran is reportedly pushing the Houthis to resume their attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea in the event the U.S. further escalates its war on the Islamic republic. A Bloomberg report cited ...

A nuclear bomb explodes at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean in 1946, one of several U.S. test explosions. Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The idea for a new canal to move oil from the ...