RIYADH — China’s Defense Minister told the world on April 13 that the Strait of Hormuz is “open to us,” and in

RIYADH — On April 15, regional officials told the Associated Press that the United States and Iran had reached “in-principle agreement” to

LONDON — When roughly forty nations convene by video on April 17 for the Macron-Starmer Hormuz summit, Saudi Arabia — the country

RIYADH — The International Monetary Fund cut Saudi Arabia’s 2026 growth forecast from 4.5% to 3.1% on April 14, and every headline

TEHRAN — Iran’s Supreme Leader has not been seen, photographed, or confirmed alive in any verifiable visual or audio format for 46

Table of Contents The Leak and the Landing What Does the SMDA Actually Obligate Pakistan to Do? How Did the SMDA Bypass

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s refusal to endorse any of three competing frameworks for reopening the Strait of Hormuz is the clearest evidence

LONDON — On April 17, more than 40 nations will join a videoconference co-chaired by Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer to plan

ANTALYA — The quadrilateral meeting among Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt at the 5th Antalya Diplomacy Forum on April 17-19 is

NEW YORK — Iran’s demand that five Arab states pay reparations for enabling US-Israeli strikes is not a legal claim with any

ISLAMABAD — The fifteen-year gap between Washington’s demand for a twenty-year Iranian enrichment moratorium and Tehran’s offer of five years is not

China Sent Two Signals on Day One of the Hormuz Blockade — Neither Was an Accident DUBAI — Within hours of the

DUBAI — A sanctioned Chinese tanker carrying 250,000 barrels of methanol sailed through the Strait of Hormuz overnight on the first day

RIYADH — Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Jadaan landed in Islamabad on April 11 — the same day JD Vance sat

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s decision to route its post-collapse diplomacy through Riyadh — not back to Islamabad, not to a neutral capital —

ISLAMABAD — The United States naval blockade of Iran, effective 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on April 13, is not the end of

Table of Contents The Call That Was Not a Call Six Calls, One Message Saudi Arabia’s Three-Door Trap The Oman Template Blockade

Tehran has shifted Hormuz control from the IRGC’s headless navy to Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters — the one Iranian institution the West