{"id":8945,"date":"2026-03-19T17:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=8945"},"modified":"2026-03-30T04:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:54:13","slug":"8945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/03\/19\/8945\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/19\/world\/europe\/iran-spy-charged-uk-jewish-london.html\">\u201c2 Men Charged With Spying for Iran on Britain\u2019s Oldest Synagogue,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 3-19-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/podcasts\/how-strong-are-irans-strongmen?utm_medium=newsletters&amp;utm_source=fatoday&amp;utm_campaign=The%20Stunning%20Failure%20of%20Iranian%20Deterrence&amp;utm_content=20260319&amp;utm_term=N\">\u201cHow Strong Are Iran\u2019s Strongmen?:\u00a0 A Conversation With Stephen Kotkin,\u201d<\/a> Foreign Affairs, 3-19-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/liveblog\/2026\/3\/19\/iran-war-live-qatar-saudi-energy-sites-attacked-riyadh-says-trust-gone\">\u201cIran war updates: Israel refinery bombed as retaliatory strikes reverberate,\u201d<\/a> Al Jazeera, 3-19-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/19\/opinion\/iran-war-strait-hormuz.html\">\u201cThere\u2019s Only One Path to Victory in Iran,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 3-19-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/trump-israel-will-no-longer-hit-iran-gas-field-but-us-will-if-qatar-sites-struck-again\/\">\u201cAs Iran strikes Gulf energy sites, Trump says Israel won\u2019t hit its gas field again\u2014but US will if attacks go on,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 3-19-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/19\/world\/middleeast\/iran-missiles-saudi-arabia-riyadh-yanbu.html\">\u201cSaudi Official Warns Patience Is Limited as Iranian Attacks Barrage Kingdom,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 3-19-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/middle-east\/artc-qatarenergy-iran-attacks-remove-nearly-1-5-of-natural-gas-capacity-for-years-report\">\u201cQatarEnergy: Iran attacks remove nearly 1\/5 of natural gas capacity for years \u2013 report,\u201d<\/a> i24, 3-19-26.\u00a0 Qatar is realizing what about Iran?!\u00a0\u00a0\u201cQatarEnergy may declare force majeure on LNG supplies to Italy, Belgium, Korea and China, with losses of about $20 billion a year, Reuters reports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/19\/israel-says-oil-refinery-hit-in-iranian-missile-attack-no-major-damage\">\u201cIsrael says Haifa oil refinery hit in Iranian missile attack,\u201d<\/a> Al Jazeera, 3-19-26.\u00a0\u00a0Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen says \u2018no significant damage\u2019 reported after Iranian attack on Haifa oil refinery.<\/p>\n<p>Inflammatory, please excuse the pun.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/liveblog\/202603119917\">\u201cIran hits Qatar gas site in retaliation for Israeli energy strikes,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 3-19-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c2 Men Charged With Spying for Iran on Britain\u2019s Oldest Synagogue,\u201d NYT, 3-19-26. \u201cHow Strong Are Iran\u2019s Strongmen?:\u00a0 A Conversation With Stephen Kotkin,\u201d Foreign Affairs, 3-19-26. \u201cIran war updates: Israel refinery bombed as retaliatory strikes reverberate,\u201d Al Jazeera, 3-19-26. \u201cThere\u2019s Only One Path to Victory in Iran,\u201d NYT, 3-19-26. \u201cAs Iran strikes Gulf energy sites, &hellip; 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