Strait of Hormuz Featured The Cost of a Closed Strait On the 18th of August, the UAE suspended all trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran until further notice, after Iranian ballistic missiles landed in Emirati waters and UAE-owned tankers were attacked.
Strait of Hormuz Featured Ceasefire on Hold, Markets on Hope... Markets rally on ceasefire hope — but the Pentagon keeps the strike option warm.
War Featured CEASEFIRE- A Fragile Truce Buys Two Weeks — but the Terms Remain Fiercely Contested Less than two hours before Trump's deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire — announced via a Truth Social post and brokered by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir.
Oil Prices Featured GLOBAL SHOCKWAVES — THE HORMUZ CHOKEPOINT REDEFINES RISK The IEA warned the Hormuz closure — chokepoint for ~20% of global petroleum and 25% of LNG — could become the largest oil supply disruption on record, with global output expected to fall 8mn bpd in March (~8% of world demand.
GCC Featured War Changes Everything The US-Israel strikes on Iran launched on 28th February are the week's defining event. Iran's supreme leader was killed, retaliatory attacks hit GCC ports and airports and the Strait of Hormuz.
