Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel last April — and the attack might have been designed to fail. The strike was a show of force built for spectacle rather than destruction, ...

The U.S. military has joined with Israel to launch military strikes against Iran, a dramatic escalation in the years-long effort by both nations to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. "We ...

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Kevin Book, Senior Adviser (Non-resident), Energy Security and Climate Change Program For months, oil markets did not seem to be pricing in the prospect that Israel’s multifront battle against Iran ...

Black Sea, Black Swans. Over the past two years, escalating war headlines between Russia and Ukraine have become less impactful to market movement, particularly for corn and wheat futures. However, ...

The attack marks a major escalation in the burgeoning war between Iran and Israel and came despite years of promises by President Trump to keep the U.S. from entering another Middle East conflict.