Analysis: How Trump’s Iran blockade could decide the war
President Donald Trump’s change from kinetic to financial warfare with his blockade of Iran’s ships and ports is an try to finish the battle with no new US-Israeli onslaught. The…
Analysis: US allies won’t join Trump’s war — but they can’t escape the fallout
It’s not their war. But it’s changing into their political and financial nightmare. World leaders who opposed the US-Israeli attack on Iran are being torn between Donald Trump’s ire at…
Analysis: China has so far weathered the historic oil crisis. But as Xi prepares to meet Trump, costs are starting to grow
Beijing — China, the world’s largest importer of power, has so far weathered the international power shock introduced on by warfare in the Gulf nicely in contrast with some of…
Analysis: Iran crisis epitomizes a world increasingly resistant to Trump’s demands
The iron legal guidelines of the world that govern Donald Trump’s presidency — power, drive and energy — are increasingly being challenged at house and overseas. Trump and his subordinates…
Analysis: Trump’s strait blockade risks another serious blow to global economy
The failure of US-Iran peace talks leaves President Donald Trump with a set of unattractive choices which might be unlikely to hand him a decisive or swift victory. But he’s…
Analysis: The most important Democratic health care debate is raging again
Single payer is getting a second wind. Replacing non-public health insurance coverage with a common protection system funded and run solely by the federal authorities has lengthy been a precedence…
Analysis: Seagulls continue late resurgence
Brighton’s 2-0 triumph over Burnley in January was their solely win in 13 league matches between 30 November and 21 February, and supplied little greater than a quick aid amid…
Melania Trump statement: The first lady tried to sweep the Epstein saga away, but she ended up reviving it: Analysis
The most believable clarification for first lady Melania Trump’s out-of-the-blue tackle on the Jeffrey Epstein drama was that she was attempting to make it go away. But her beautiful on-camera…
Analysis: Trump is bullying NATO again. But Americans like the alliance
For the second time in the still-quite-young 2026 calendar yr, President Donald Trump is threatening to explode the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which Americans decidedly like, over a international coverage…
Analysis: Will Trump get a worse Iran deal than Obama? Here’s what to know
A model of this story appeared in NCS’s What Matters e-newsletter. To get it in your inbox, join free here. The contrasts are outstanding. One president selected diplomacy. Barack Obama…