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Worlds In Brief (17 March 2026 pm)

Iran War (The Associated Press/Al Arabiya) Canada was not consulted over the US-Israeli strikes on Iran that sparked the war in the Middle East and...

Defeating Iran’s Strategy: Energy Security and the “Abraham Shield”

(Assaf Orion - The Washington Institute) Two strategies are currently competing in the Iran war. On one hand, the United States and Israel are...

Cyber Operations as Iran’s Asymmetric Leverage

(The Soufan Center) Iran-linked cyber proxies and hacktivists have become highly active since Operation Epic Fury, showing resilience even as the IRGC and the...

Iraq Unable to Avoid the U.S.-Iran Crossfire

(The Soufan Center) The Iran war threatens to undo two decades of work by Iraqi leaders and their U.S. counterparts to establish an Iraq...

Worlds In Brief (17 March 2026 updating)

Iran War and beyond  (Reuters/Al Arabiya) Iran’s oil production and exports continue without interruption, a spokesperson for the parliamentary energy commission said on Tuesday, adding...

Amid Kremlin internet crackdown, Russia’s most popular messenger app is disappearing

(Kollen Post - The Kyiv Independent) Russians are reporting loss of access to Telegram as the Kremlin pushes citizens onto a state-sponsored alternative to...

‘He has what I need and I have what he needs’ — Zelensky says he’s ready for talks on interceptor drones with Netanyahu

(Dmytro Basmat - The Kyiv Independent) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested to hold talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky on the topic of...

Iraq’s oil paralysis: A self-inflicted wound and a gift to Tehran

(Yerevan Saeed - Middle East Institute) With the Strait of Hormuz closed and oil production from Iraq’s south in free fall, Baghdad’s failure to...

Can the US Unlock the Strait of Hormuz?

(Middle East Institute) In his first public statements since assuming the role of Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei has vowed vengeance for US-Israeli attacks...

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