Articles on U.S.-Israel war against Iran

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The petrodollar arrangement has underpinned the dollar’s global dominance since the 1970s. The U.S.-Israel war on Iran is straining that arrangement in ways emergency liquidity tools may not be able to fix. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

How the U.S.‑Israel war against Iran is exposing the limits of the petrodollar system

The Iran war is now testing whether the Gulf states that have long recycled their oil revenues into American markets will keep doing so.
U.S. President Donald Trump salutes as soldiers carry the flag-draped coffin of a U.S. solder killed in Kuwait after the U.S. and Israel launched a military campaign against Iran, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

When war looks like prophecy: How U.S. ‘end time’ narratives frame the war with Iran

When religious belief shapes the politics of rivals, it is labelled dangerous theology; but when it appears in Washington, it is cast as divine providence.

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