shfeed

The U.S. naval blockade is curbing Iran’s oil export flows and swelling inventories, but gaps in enforcement are enabling workarounds such as floating storage and evasive shipping. Combined with continued purchases by China’s independent refiners, these flows are sustaining Iran’s limited exports and delaying the point at which storage constraints force production cuts with potentially … Read more

Russia’s oil production declined sharply in April as repeated Ukrainian drone strikes on key refineries, export terminals, and pumping stations disrupted processing and logistics across the country’s energy network, adding fresh pressure on Moscow’s crucial oil revenues. Industry sources said Russian crude output fell by as much as 400,000 barrels per day this month, marking … Read more

As a crucial deadline over U.S. involvement in the Iran conflict draws closer, President Donald Trump is facing intensifying political pressure from Congress, anxious allies, and voters already burdened by rising living costs, while prolonged disruption in the Strait of Hormuz continues to unsettle global energy markets. Under the U.S. War Powers Resolution, the White … Read more

The United States has enough missiles to sustain its current military campaign against Iran under the present ceasefire conditions, but the far bigger strategic risk lies in the next war — particularly a potential conflict with China — as stockpiles of several critical precision munitions have been sharply depleted and will take years to rebuild, … Read more

The United States is rapidly entrenching itself as the world’s emergency supplier of oil, fuel, and natural gas as the Iran war disrupts Middle Eastern energy flows, pushing American fossil fuel exports to record highs and reshaping global trade routes around U.S. supply. From crude oil cargoes leaving Texas ports to diesel, jet fuel, and … Read more

Ukraine is increasingly serving as a testing ground for emerging military technologies, with defense startups from around the world evaluating new systems in live combat conditions during the war with Russia. A San Francisco-based robotics startup, Foundation, has sent two of its humanoid combat robots to Ukraine, potentially marking one of the earliest battlefield trials … Read more

On March 7th, the US President Donald Trump unveiled a multinational security initiative for the Western Hemisphere during a meeting with about a dozen leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean, an event the White House branded the “Shield of the Americas” summit. The US-led initiative seeks to align military and security cooperation among participating … Read more

Senior officials from the US and Ukraine held a meeting on February 26th, in Geneva to discuss post-war reconstruction plans, security parameters and preparations for further trilateral negotiations involving Russia. Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council Secretary, Rustem Umerov, who led the country’s four-person delegation in Geneva, said on Telegram that the Ukrainian delegation included … Read more