If anything, Trump's muscular actions have restored international confidence in the previously besieged U.S. dollar.
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Will the Houthis join Iran’s war?

As the regional conflict escalates, Abdel-Malik al-Houthi faces a strategic choice: intervene or stay out.
Rising tensions in West Asia are threatening the security of undersea internet cables crucial for India's data traffic, ...
Yemen’s Houthis seem to be holding back for now due to military weakness, but retain capacities to close Bab al-Mandab and ...
Gaza war and Red Sea attacks incurred forgone revenue of $9–10bn to the Suez Canal Gulf tensions now threaten wider shipping routes and global supply chains Above Egypt, the overall region may face ...
Given that the global economy is maritime based and rests on secure and predictable flows of goods by sea, the armed attacks on Iran and their maritime spillovers sharply underlined the vulnerability ...
For the container industry, war-risk surcharges are no longer exceptional line items that appear and disappear with ...
What container shippers want most today is service stability. But global forces are making that wish increasingly tough to grant.
Operation Epic Fury forces dual shipping reroutes through Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea, adding $2,000-$4,000 per container and 10-14 days. Retail faces a crisis.
The Gulf states held up their end. It was Washington’s decision to strike Iran that put those investments in the line of fire. When Iran’s attacks began, the UAE intercepted 165 ballistic missiles, ...
Federico Donelli is affiliated with the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI), and the Orion Policy Institute (OPI). The death of Ayatollah ...
Ships wanting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz are finding it almost impossible to buy hull war cover following the ...