Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 17 minutes ago

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If you look at the Middle East today, the headlines are dominated by conflict, border disputes, and historical grievances. But beneath the noise of the kinetic wars, a much larger, quieter geoeconomic war is being waged over the ultimate prize: the flow of global trade.

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