Oil Plunges, Stocks Spike As Trump "Postpones" Military Strikes On Iran After "Productive" Talks; Tehran Denies Contact

The Kremlin said on Monday that arms control talks between the US and Russia should have begun “yesterday,” as no nuclear arms control treaties remain in effect between the two powers after New START expired earlier this year. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the negotiations on a potential replacement for New START should have begun […]

Iran's Fars Calls Reuters' Hormuz Reopening Story "Invalid" Ahead Of Trump's UN Address Update: Iran's Fars Rejects Hormuz Reopening Reports As Brent Slides Brent Tumbles On US Media & Aligned Outlets Pushing Rumored Diplomatic Efforts  Iran's Fars Rejects Reporting  Kyodo and Reuters published positive diplomatic headlines early Tuesday morning that sent Brent crude futures tumbling below $100 a barrel, but Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency denied them. Kyodo and Reuters, citing Iranian sources, reported that Tehran could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if Washington eased US naval pressure on the Hormuz...

Outline of a talk given at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, 7 Sept 2026 The global future is often framed as being that of a muli-polar or multi-nodal world, with the implicit assumption that states would get along better – and would resolve their differences more easily through discussion than through war. This was […]