Politics

22 Nations, Zero Ships: What the Hormuz Coalition Actually Looks Like Right Now

Mar 23, 2026

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5 min read

22 Nations, Zero Ships: What the Hormuz Coalition Actually Looks Like Right Now

Twenty-two countries have expressed willingness to help secure the Strait. Not one has deployed a vessel. Here's the gap between diplomatic language and military reality.

K. Lorraine

Politics

Mar 16, 2026

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5 min read

The Two-Tier Strait: How Iran's Selective Blockade Is Reshaping Global Energy Politics

India, Pakistan, Turkey, and China are getting oil through. The U.S. and its allies are not. This is not a temporary glitch — it is a new geopolitical architecture.

K. Lorraine

Politics

Mojtaba Khamenei Is Iran's New Supreme Leader. Here's What That Means for Oil Prices and the 2026 Election.

Mar 9, 2026

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4 min read

Mojtaba Khamenei Is Iran's New Supreme Leader. Here's What That Means for Oil Prices and the 2026 Election.

The succession happened faster than anyone predicted. What we know about the new leader — and why markets are pricing in a longer war.

K. Lorraine

Politics

Georgia's EV Layoffs + $3.50 Gas = A Senate Race That Just Changed

Mar 8, 2026

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5 min read

Georgia's EV Layoffs + $3.50 Gas = A Senate Race That Just Changed

Two economic earthquakes hit Georgia within six weeks of each other. Together they have fundamentally rewritten the political math in one of 2026's most critical battlegrounds.

K. Lorraine

Politics

22 Nations, Zero Ships: What the Hormuz Coalition Actually Looks Like Right Now

The Two-Tier Strait: How Iran's Selective Blockade Is Reshaping Global Energy Politics

Mojtaba Khamenei Is Iran's New Supreme Leader. Here's What That Means for Oil Prices and the 2026 Election.

Georgia's EV Layoffs + $3.50 Gas = A Senate Race That Just Changed

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