Tag: Iran
Strait of Hormuz: Why the US and Iran are sailing in...
Elizabeth Mendenhall, University of Rhode Island
The Strait of Hormuz exists in the eye of the beholder.
US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust...
Jeffrey Fields, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
With U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s...
Shiite grief over attacks on Iran’s sacred cities has deep historical roots
Mary Thurlkill, University of Mississippi
Several Shiite communities in South Asia recently refrained from celebrating Eid as they mourned...
Soaring gas prices and disrupted supply chains will ripple out to...
Vidya Mani, University of Virginia; Cornell University
The disruptions from the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran spread quickly...
Soaring gas prices prompt Trump to ease oil tanker rules – how...
Christopher Niezrecki, UMass Lowell
The Trump administration temporarily suspended the Jones Act on March 18, 2026, as part of...
In war‑torn Iran, air pollution from burning oil depots and bombed...
Armin Sorooshian, University of Arizona
The waves of U.S. and Israeli bomb strikes in Tehran and Beirut, and Iran’s...
Congress still has ways to throttle back Trump’s war with Iran...
SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, University of Virginia and Charlie Hunt, Boise State University
Despite the scale of its military assault...
Oil isn’t just fuel: Iran conflict could disrupt markets for everything...
André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology
Tensions in the Middle East often trigger concerns about rising gasoline prices....
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Why the future of marijuana legalization remains hazy despite high public support
William Garriott, Drake University
Thousands of Americans will soon gather to celebrate April 20 – or “4/20” – the...
