Hoover Institution fellow Eyck Freymann explains what the Iran war and the blockade of the Straight of Hormuz reveals about modern economic chokepoints, geopolitics and war strategies.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has revealed a key threat to Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 strategy and plans for economic ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced bipartisan criticism over the administration’s Iran strategy and a $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget request, as the 60-day War Powers deadline passed without ...

Bridges and oil refineries are legitimate targets, too, growled the generals as the war dragged on, for roads and fuel help hostile forces to remain on the move. Yet as days of war turned to weeks, ...

U.S. Department of War (DOW) Secretary Pete Hegseth on Nov. 7, 2025, unveiled a memorandum and accompanying strategy on defense acquisition reform titled "Transforming the Warfighting Acquisition ...

President Trump has repeatedly compared his efforts to end the war in Iran to President Obama's 2016 deal, while also ...

We begin tonight's program in the Middle East, where the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran is intensifying as it enters the fourth week. Overnight, Iran struck two cities near Israel's nuclear research ...

Most discussions of Iran revolve around oil, escalation, and regime change. Yet Iran today feels easier to understand as part of a much older pattern. For more than 2,500 years, states on the Iranian ...

There are moments when a president must project resolve. The American people expect it. Adversaries watch for it. Allies depend on it. But resolve without clarity is not leadership; it is risk.