Iran
America Can Strike Iran. It Cannot Shield the Gulf From the Fallout
The Iran war is exposing the fragility beneath the Gulf’s wealth and stability. As the Strait of Hormuz becomes the central battleground of the conflict, oil flows, LNG exports, shipping insurance and the entire Gulf economic model are coming under pressure. The deeper crisis is not only military escalation, but the collapse of confidence in the American security order that Gulf monarchies depended upon for decades.