https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AQtgrnA1PQs/marc-champion RSS for Node Thu, 07 May 2026 02:08:58 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-05-05/iran-war-the-risk-of-the-conflict-restarting-is-now-irrationally-high https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-05-05/iran-war-the-risk-of-the-conflict-restarting-is-now-irrationally-high Tue, 05 May 2026 07:15:09 GMT TEHRAN, IRAN - APRIL 9: Members of the Iranian security forces stand guard under a large portrait of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, during a memorial to mark the 40th day since his father, Ali Ayatollah Khamenei, was killed in US-Israeli joint strikes, on April 9, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. On April 8 President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, conditional on shipping being allowed to resume through the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-05-04/european-defense-finds-one-answer-and-one-new-question https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-05-04/european-defense-finds-one-answer-and-one-new-question Mon, 04 May 2026 03:30:18 GMT A CV90 infantery fighting vehicle engages the enemy during a military demonstration at the Bardufoss Airbase in Norway on March 13, 2026. Canadian, German and Norwegian leaders are meeting in the Norwegian Arctic on March 13 to discuss the region's fragile security situation, against the backdrop of a large NATO exercise. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-28/the-us-should-listen-to-saudi-arabia-on-ending-iran-war https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-28/the-us-should-listen-to-saudi-arabia-on-ending-iran-war Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:00:20 GMT WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. President Donald Trump and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia arrive at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center on November 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. The forum is intended to bring together business leaders, innovators and political leaders with the goal of strengthening economic ties and promoting investment between the United States and Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-22/iran-war-ceasefire-offers-the-best-path-to-regime-change-in-tehran https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-22/iran-war-ceasefire-offers-the-best-path-to-regime-change-in-tehran Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:41:54 GMT TEHRAN, IRAN - FEBRUARY 11: Missiles produced by Iran's armed forces are displayed near a row of Iranian flags during commemorations to mark the anniversary of the 1979 Iranian Revolution on February 11, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. In that year, Ruhollah Khomeini led an overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979 and established himself as Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-20/iran-war-logic-demands-an-iran-deal-will-trump-s-fantasies-allow-one https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-20/iran-war-logic-demands-an-iran-deal-will-trump-s-fantasies-allow-one Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:00:11 GMT MIAMI, FLORIDA - APRIL 11: U.S. President Donald Trump waves to the media after walking off of Air Force One at Miami International Airport on April 11, 2026 in Miami, Florida. President Trump came to town to attend a UFC Fight. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-17/hungary-s-regime-change-under-magyar-is-both-dangerous-and-necessary https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-17/hungary-s-regime-change-under-magyar-is-both-dangerous-and-necessary Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:00:13 GMT BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - 2026/04/12: New Prime Minister of Hungary Peter Magyar waves a Hungarian flag after delivering his victory speech. On the evening of April 12th, the day of the Hungarian parliamentary elections, supporters of the Tisza political party gather at Batthyany Square to watch the election results come in. As the evening progresses, it becomes clear that party president Peter Magyar has defeated the Fidesz party, winning a two-thirds majority in parliament, sweeping away the authoritarian era of Victor Orban and heralding closer ties with the European Union. (Photo by Neil Milton/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-13/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz-blockade-is-a-throwdown-the-us-cannot-win https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-13/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz-blockade-is-a-throwdown-the-us-cannot-win Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:35:10 GMT OMAN - APRIL 08: A view of the vessels heading towards the Strait of Hormuz following the two-week temporary ceasefire reached between the United States and Iran on the condition that the strait be reopened, seen in Oman on April 08, 2026. (Photo by Shady Alassar/Anadolu via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-10/lebanon-trump-cannot-let-netanyahu-pull-him-into-renewed-iran-war https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-10/lebanon-trump-cannot-let-netanyahu-pull-him-into-renewed-iran-war Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:10:25 GMT First responders and residents stand amid rubble at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's Corniche al-Mazraa neighbourhood on April 8, 2026. Israel launched a series of strikes in Beirut on April 8, causing panic among residents in the most violent attack on the capital since the start of the war with Hezbollah. The Israeli military said it carried out its "largest coordinated strike across Lebanon". Israel has insisted the two-week truce in its war with Iran does not apply to Lebanon. (Photo by Ibrahim AMRO / AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-09/vance-s-speech-in-hungary-meets-the-reality-of-the-iran-war https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-09/vance-s-speech-in-hungary-meets-the-reality-of-the-iran-war Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:00:06 GMT Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (R) and US Vice President JD Vance shake hands after a joint press conference in Budapest, Hungary, April 7, 2026. US Vice President JD Vance arrived in Hungary to deliver the US President's support to his ally, nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, ahead of tightly contested parliamentary elections scheduled for April 12, 2026. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-06/iran-escalation-would-make-trump-s-epic-mistake-worse https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-06/iran-escalation-would-make-trump-s-epic-mistake-worse Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:28:21 GMT US President Donald Trump during a prime-time address to the nation in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Trump said the war in Iran is "very close" to completion, seeking to reassure Americans about his handling of a conflict that has roiled financial markets and jeopardized his political standing with American voters. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-01/ukraine-is-having-a-surprisingly-good-iran-war https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-01/ukraine-is-having-a-surprisingly-good-iran-war Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:00:04 GMT MADRID, SPAIN - MARCH 18: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky are seen talking during their meeting at Moncloa Palace on March 18, 2026 in Madrid, Spain. President Zelensky has been visiting European leaders to discuss support for Ukraine and strategies for increasing pressure on Russia. (Photo by Borja B. Hojas/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-27/iran-war-is-now-all-about-the-future-of-the-strait-of-hormuz https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-27/iran-war-is-now-all-about-the-future-of-the-strait-of-hormuz Fri, 27 Mar 2026 05:00:07 GMT MUSCAT, OMAN - MARCH 22: People celebrate Eid and watch oil tankers sail into Muscat Anchorage on March 22, 2026 at Sultan Qaboos Port in Muscat, Oman.President Donald Trump had threatened to attack Iran's energy infrastructure if it did not end its de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by just before midnight GMT of March 23. A subsequent statement from President Trump said the U.S. and Iran had held "very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East," and that he would postpone any attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure for five days. Maritime traffic through the strait, which conveys about 20% of the world's oil and gas, has mostly come to a halt after the joint U.S.-Israeli war with Iran that began on February 28. (Photo by Elke Scholiers/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-23/trump-s-iran-ultimatum-could-recklessly-escalate-the-war https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-23/trump-s-iran-ultimatum-could-recklessly-escalate-the-war Mon, 23 Mar 2026 05:00:04 GMT Demonstrators trample on a portrait of US President Donald Trump during a protest against the attacks by Israel and the US on Iran, as they march towards the US embassy in Baghdad on March 5, 2026. The United States and Israel started striking Iran on February 28, killing Iran's supreme leader and top military leaders, and prompting authorities to retaliate with strikes on Israel and across the Gulf. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-20/iran-war-israel-is-not-a-model-us-ally https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-20/iran-war-israel-is-not-a-model-us-ally Fri, 20 Mar 2026 05:00:04 GMT A member of the Iranian community in Australia holds a placard in support of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a rally following US and Israeli attacks on Iran sparking the Middle East war, in Sydney on March 14, 2026. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-16/iran-war-allies-should-name-trump-a-price-for-strait-of-hormuz-aid https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-16/iran-war-allies-should-name-trump-a-price-for-strait-of-hormuz-aid Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:20:05 GMT A South Korean protester wears a mask of US President Donald Trump during a protest against Trump's request to dispatch warships to the Strait of Hormuz in front of the US embassy in Seoul on March 16, 2026. South Korea said on March 15 it was paying close attention to US President Donald Trump's call for Seoul and other countries to send warships to help protect oil supplies passing through the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-13/iran-war-trump-s-worldview-formed-in-the-1980s-and-hasn-t-changed https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-13/iran-war-trump-s-worldview-formed-in-the-1980s-and-hasn-t-changed Fri, 13 Mar 2026 05:00:02 GMT New York, N.Y.: Real estate developer Donald Trump in his office at Trump Towers in Manhattan on April 4, 1985. (Photo by J. Michael Dombroski/Newsday RM via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-10/iran-war-trump-doesn-t-know-his-enemy-that-gives-iran-an-edge https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-10/iran-war-trump-doesn-t-know-his-enemy-that-gives-iran-an-edge Tue, 10 Mar 2026 05:00:08 GMT TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 9, 2026: People at a rally in Revolution Street to show their support to Mojtaba Khamenei, the new Supreme Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran on March 9, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Mojtaba Khamenei replaces his father the last Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed after the United States and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran on February 28. Iran retaliated by firing waves of missiles and drones at Israel, and targeting U.S. allies in the region.(Photo by Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-07/iran-war-us-and-israel-could-create-a-forever-war-if-the-kurds-invade https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-07/iran-war-us-and-israel-could-create-a-forever-war-if-the-kurds-invade Sat, 07 Mar 2026 08:00:02 GMT Member of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) gather in a cave network located in the Qandil Mountains, part of the Zagros mountain range, near the Iraqi-Iranian-Turkish borders on November 29, 2025. Answering a call from the group's imprisoned founder Abdullah Ocalan, the PKK has taken historic steps in recent months towards ending its decades-old fight against Turkey that has claimed some 50,000 lives. (Photo by Safin HAMID / AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-05/iran-war-is-forcing-gulf-states-to-choose-fight-or-don-t-fight https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-05/iran-war-is-forcing-gulf-states-to-choose-fight-or-don-t-fight Thu, 05 Mar 2026 05:00:06 GMT Workers clean debris from damage caused by an Iranian strike at the Fairmont hotel in Dubai on March 2, 2026. The United States hit hundreds of targets across Iran, and Israel expanded its bombing to Lebanon on March 2 as US President Donald Trump vowed to avenge the first US deaths in the war he launched to topple Tehran's ruling clerics. Iranian forces fired missiles and drones across the Middle East, killing people in Israel and the United Arab Emirates, in retaliation for the conflict that began Saturday with the death of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Photo by Fadel SENNA / AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-03/putin-is-the-iran-war-s-one-sure-winner https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-03/putin-is-the-iran-war-s-one-sure-winner Tue, 03 Mar 2026 05:00:08 GMT AT SEA, UNSPECIFIED - FEBRUARY 28: (EDITOR'S NOTE: This Handout image was provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images' editorial policy.) In this U.S. Navy released handout, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile during operations in support of Operation Epic Fury, on February 28, 2026 at Sea. Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was confirmed killed after the United States and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran on February 28. Iran retaliated by firing waves of missiles and drones at Israel, and targeting U.S. allies in the region. (Photo by U.S. Navy via Getty Images)