Such harm could come in a number of ways. A strike on Kharg island has the clearest potential to cause a big, enormously ...

Remember The First Gulf War? Persian Gulf War? Desert Storm and/or Desert Shield? They’re all the same war. Whatever we call it now, it was the war that expelled Iraqi troops from Kuwait, checked a ...

This is a story of the unintended consequences of a Pyrrhic victory celebrated 35 years ago as a history-making triumph. As the U.S. fights its latest war in the Persian Gulf — this time against Iran, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Scott L. Montgomery is a geologist who writes about energy issues. War in the Persian Gulf has cut traffic through the Strait of ...