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Bulent Gokay * In the Strait of Hormuz, tankers have been burning, along with what remains of the post-1945 American-led order. … strange and profound changes are under way. … A less reliable America means more wars and crises… - Patrick Foulis, Financial Times, 25-26 April 2026, p.11 The war...

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Bulent Gokay & Lily Hamourtziadou In The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 18th-century English historian and a leading figure of the Enlightenment, Edward Gibbon, posited that empires do not disintegrate suddenly but rather through a prolonged and unavoidable process of internal rot, deterioration, military overreach,...

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Bulent Gokay* [W]hoever controls the Middle East controls the global oil spigot, and whoever controls the global oil spigot can control the global economy, at least for the near future (Harvey, 2005: 19). For an Iranian regime facing an existential struggle, raising crude oil prices serves as a vital, and...

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How has the war against Iran weakened the US?

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Bulent Gokay * In the Strait of Hormuz, tankers have been burning, along with what remains of the post-1945 American-led order. … strange and profound changes are under way. …...

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Bulent Gokay & Lily Hamourtziadou In The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 18th-century English historian and a leading figure of the Enlightenment, Edward Gibbon, posited...

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The Oil Factor Remains A Significant Concern That Looms Over The Conflict In Iran

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