The Network · 2026-03-31 12:27:12 · ZeroHedge
While the US-Israel conflict with Iran inflicts significant damage on Western powers and Gulf states, America's primary geopolitical rival, China, is quietly accruing tangible economic and strategic advantages. The protracted war, which has failed to achieve its stated goals of regime change or neutralizing Iran's miss...
The Network · 2026-04-13 08:52:53 · Japan Times
The foundational financial-security bargain underpinning the Middle East for decades has ruptured. The escalating conflict between Iran and Israel has shattered the 'virtuous loop' where American military power guaranteed regional stability in exchange for Gulf petrostates recycling their dollar-denominated oil revenue...
The Network · 2026-04-15 15:22:28 · ZeroHedge
A counter-narrative is emerging that frames the escalating conflict with Iran not as a threat, but as a strategic defense of the 75-year-old petrodollar system. This view, articulated by economist Diana Choyleva in the Wall Street Journal, directly challenges the widespread belief that the crisis is accelerating the gl...