News broke today that US forces have finished withdrawing from Qasrak, their last major base in #Syria. The base is labeled on our Syria control map from last month, which is otherwise still up-to-date: www.polgeonow.com/2026/03/syri...
#MiddleEast #MENAsky #geopolitics #geography #military
1/19 🇮🇷 HISTORY LESSONS -- THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ 🇮🇷
For centuries, the Strait of Hormuz has been a macroeconomic weapon.
Now, Iran has pulled the trigger on an ancient geographic trap.
Source: The Globe And Mail
#WorldPolitics #NatSecSky #MENASky #Hormuz #Oil #FossilFuels
1/17 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 IRAN WAR UPDATE 🇮🇷 🇺🇸
As IDF strikes pound Tehran, a wider regional war looms.
Iranian forces await US ground troops while diplomacy races against the clock.
Source: The Guardian
#WorldPolitics #MENASky #USPol #IranWar #Lebanon #NatSecSky
1/10 🇺🇸 🇮🇷HOUTHIS ENTER IRAN WAR, RED SEA AT RISK 🇮🇷
The proxy's entry brings devastating potential to global shipping.
Their proximity to the Bab al-Mandab strait creates a dual maritime chokehold.
Source: The Guardian
#WorldPolitics #MENASky #OSINT #RedSea #Yemen #NatSecSky
1/13 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 THE STAKES ARE ENORMOUS: IMPACT OF A PROLONGED IRAN WAR 🇮🇷 🇺🇸
Financial markets hoped Donald Trump's excursion would be short-lived.
Now, soaring oil prices and doubling European gas costs reveal a mounting doomsday scenario.
#WorldPolitics #GlobalEconomy #EnergyCrisis #Inflation #MeNaSky
1/8 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 GAME THEORY PREDICTS HORMUZ CRISIS ESCALATION 🇮🇷 🇺🇸
Markets expect a swift resolution.
Experts warn we are trapped in a dangerous Nash equilibrium.
Source: The Globe And Mail
#WorldPolitics #Geopolitics #EnergySky #Hormuz #MeNaSky #Recession #NatSecSky
There is a CivMil element to this. The military isn’t supposed to obey illegal orders, and destroying civilian infrastructure to pressure a government is illegal.
But there are three reasons to think that won’t matter if after initial advice, Trump decides to insist.
1/5
#civmilsky #menasky
1/9 🛢️💲HORMUZ SHUTDOWN EXPOSES FOSSIL FUEL RELIANCE💲🛢️
As the U.S. bombs Iran and oil prices explode, rolling back the green agenda is suddenly looking like a massive geopolitical and economic disaster.
Source: The Globe And Mail
#EnergySky #Geopolitics #USPol #Hormuz #Renewables #MeNaSky
1/11 🇨🇦 THE OIL SHOCK HITTING CANADA'S ECONOMY 🇨🇦
The US-Iran conflict has triggered the largest oil supply disruption in history, threatening Canadians with soaring inflation and rate hikes.
Source: The Globe And Mail
#WorldPolitics #Energy #GlobalConflict #EconSky #MeNaSky #IranWar
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1/23 🌍 DEEP DIVE INTO GLOBAL ECONOMIC SHOCKS FROM WAR ON IRAN 🌎
The US-Israel conflict with Iran is devastating global supply chains, sparking crises from fuel rationing to food shortages.
Source: The Guardian
#WorldPolitics #Geopolitics #MeNaSky #USPol […]
1/23 🌍 DEEP DIVE INTO GLOBAL ECONOMIC SHOCKS FROM WAR ON IRAN 🌎
The US-Israel conflict with Iran is devastating global supply chains, sparking crises from fuel rationing to food shortages.
Source: The Guardian
#WorldPolitics #Geopolitics #MeNaSky #USPol #SupplyChain #EnergySky #NatSecSky
1/10 🇮🇱 🇮🇷 IRAN'S ENERGY UNDER FIRE -- OIL PRICES SPIKE 🇮🇷 🇮🇱
Israeli strikes hit South Pars, one of the world's largest gas fields, sending global oil prices surging past $108 a barrel & signaling a dangerous new phase in the Middle East war.
#GlobalConflict #WorldPolitics #Energy #MENASky #NatSecSky
My two cents from my bunker in Dubai 🙂. Let me know your thoughts #menasky
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1/9 🇱🇧 HORMUZ CLOSURE THREATENS TO COLLAPSE LEBANON 🇱🇧
While Westerners fret over fuel prices, the Middle East's poorest nations face an existential energy crisis that could plunge millions into darkness.
Source: The Globe And Mail
#WorldPolitics #EnergyCrisis #MiddleEast #Economy #MENASky #Lebanon
1/5 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 THE TOXIC BLACK RAIN FALLING ON IRAN'S CITIZENS 🇮🇷 🇺🇸
Residents report oil-contaminated precipitation settling on homes.
It's not typical acid rain; it is a highly dangerous chemical fallout.
Source: Gabriel da Silva,
The Conversation
#NatSecSky #MENASky #OSINT #Iran #Toxins #IranWar
1/8 🇺🇸 PENTAGON GUTTED CIVILIAN SAFEGUARDS BEFORE IRAN WAR 🇺🇸
Before launching an all-out air campaign against Iran, the Trump administration slashed staffing and closed programs designed to prevent civilian casualties in war.
Source: The Atlantic
#NatSecSky #USPol #Defense #IranWar #MENASky
1/11 🇺🇸 TRUMP HAS NO IDEA HOW TO END THE IRAN WAR 🇺🇸
A week into the war, military strikes have crippled Iran's capabilities.
But is regime change truly possible without plunging 90 million people into chaos?
Source: NYT
#WorldPolitics #USPol #MiddleEast #IranWar #MENASky
1/9 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 GLOBAL ALARM AS IRAN DEFIES TRUMP 🇮🇷 🇺🇸
Markets tanked Monday as the war hit day 10. Oil is near $120.
Iran named a hardline successor, sparking "Death to Mojtaba" chants from windows in Tehran.
Source: The New York Times
#IranWar #Oil #Markets #MENASKY #MiddleEast #Geopolitics
1/8 🇮🇷 IRAN'S MOJTABA KHAMENEI IS A MYSTERIOUS PERSON 🇮🇷
Amid US and Israeli airstrikes, Tehran chooses continuity.
The late Ayatollah's son takes the helm, signaling defiance to the West and a closing of the ranks.
Source:The New York Times
#Iran #MiddleEast #Khamenei #War #Geopolitics #MENASky
1/8 🇨🇦 MOJTABA KHAMENEI POISED TO SUCCEED FATHER 🇨🇦
Amid US-Israeli strikes, Tehran signals Ali Khamenei’s son will be named Supreme Leader.
The move defies US warnings as the region braces for total war.
Source: The Globe And Mail
#IranWar #MiddleEast #Geopolitics #NatSecSky #Iran #MENASky
1/8 🇨🇦 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS HIGHLIGHTS CANADIAN ENERGY 🇨🇦
As war disrupts global shipping and fuel production, Canada's stability reinforces the urgent business case for expanding the Port of Churchill.
Source: Rita Trichur, Globe And Mail
#EnergySecurity #CdnPoli #Geopolitics #MENASky #FossilFuels
1/8 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 EVEN WAR HAWKS SHOULD OPPOSE THE IRAN WAR 🇮🇷 🇺🇸
Comparing the current Iran conflict to past wars reveals a dangerous lack of legal, international, & logical foundation from the US administration.
Source: Andrew Coyne, Globe And Mail
#Geopolitics #CdnPoli #NatSecSky
#WorldPolitics #MENASky
1/11 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 US-ISRAEL ESCALATE WAR ON IRAN, REJECT TALKS 🇮🇷 🇺🇸
US & Israel launch devastating new strikes across Iran, plunging the region into chaos.
Trump rejected Tehran's attempt to negotiate.
Source: Jason Burke, The Guardian
#Geopolitics #MiddleEast #MENASky #NatSecSky #OSINT
#WorldPolitics
1/9 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 MILITARY STRIKES CANNOT END NUCLEAR AMBITIONS 🇮🇷 🇺🇸
US & Israel bomb Iran to stop its nuclear weapons program.
History proves external attacks only delay, never destroy, these ambitions.
Source: Duane Bratt, Substack
#Geopolitics #NuclearSecurity
#IntlRel #NatSecSky #Diplomacy
#MENASky
1/9 🇮🇷 A DIMINISHED IRAN COULD REDRAW THE MIDDLE EAST 🇮🇷
The stunning US-Israeli assault and the death of Iran’s supreme leader have unleashed a cascade of chaos, touching 10 countries in just 48 hours.
Source: Nahlah Ayed, CBCNews
#Geopolitics #MENASky #Iran #WorldPolitics #MiddleEastPolitics
1/8 🇺🇸 🇮🇷THREE U.S. SOLDIERS DEAD AS #IRAN CONFLICT WIDENS 🇮🇷 🇺🇸
US & Israel face swift retaliation after coordinated strikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The death toll is rising rapidly, marking the first known American casualties.
Associated Press
#USPol #MENASky #NatSecSky #OSINT #Geopolitics
The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe is now available in paperback. Plus take advantage of @stanfordpress.bsky.social Valentine’s Day Sale for a few more days.
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New #Yemen control map report for subscribers brings our coverage up to the present, with #SouthYemen separatists having badly lost their gambit for #independence. More info: www.polgeonow.com/2026/02/yeme...
#MiddleEast #maps #geopolitics #Saudi_Arabia #geography #defacto #map #politics #MENAsky
The Saudi investment package includes the creation of a joint airline; rehabilitating the international airport in Aleppo, one of Syria's largest cities & an economic hub in the north; and $1 billion towards developing Syria's telecom network.
#Syria #menasky
"Securing energy deals has been a key focus of Sharaa’s nascent government. The timing is auspicious: western oil majors are looking to step up exploration, as new forecasts suggest oil demand will remain robust for decades because of a slower transition away from fossil fuels."
#Syria #menasky
