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Welcome to the Politica UK InfoPod. As the Iran war drives oil prices sharply higher, a new question is emerging across governments, markets, and households. How do countries — and ordinary people — weather the storm when energy prices begin to surge? Because while wars are fought with missiles and aircraft, the economic consequences are often felt somewhere much more familiar: fuel stations, electricity bills, and supermarket prices. Oil sits at the heart of the modern economy. When crude prices rise quickly, the impact spreads through almost every sector. Transport becomes more expensive. Airlines face rising fuel costs. Shipping becomes pricier. Manufacturing costs increase, and food production — which depends heavily on fuel and fertilisers — becomes more expensive. So when oil surges, the economic shock travels quickly. Governments have a number of tools they can use to soften the blow. One of the most immediate is the release of strategic oil reserves. Many countries maintain eme...

 Trump, Prophecy and Iran: The Religious Narrative Behind the War Welcome to the Politica UK InfoPod. Today’s question is not simply about missiles or strategy. It is about belief — and the powerful religious narrative that some of Donald Trump’s supporters believe lies behind the war with Iran. In recent days, reports have surfaced suggesting that some U.S. military commanders have framed the conflict in explicitly religious terms. Complaints from service members allege that officers described the war as part of “God’s divine plan,” even invoking the biblical Book of Revelation and the idea that President Trump had been “anointed by Jesus” to begin the conflict.  Whether or not those claims reflect official policy, they point to a deeper and very real political force inside American politics: Christian nationalism. For many evangelical Christians in the United States, the Middle East holds a special place in biblical prophecy. Some interpretations of scripture — particularly ...

  Welcome to the Politica UK InfoPod. Over the past decade, a new weapon has quietly transformed modern warfare. It is small, relatively inexpensive, and increasingly autonomous. Yet its impact on the battlefield has been enormous. These machines are drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, and many military analysts now describe them as the new soldiers of the sky . Drones are not entirely new. Early versions appeared decades ago as reconnaissance tools used primarily for surveillance. The United States began using armed drones extensively in the early twenty-first century, particularly during conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Systems such as the MQ-9 Reaper demonstrated that a remotely piloted aircraft could carry out precision strikes while keeping human pilots far from danger. But what we are seeing today is something very different. In conflicts such as the war in Ukraine , drones have evolved from specialised military platforms into mass battlefield tools used in enormous numb...

How Geopolitics Has Shaped the Opening of the Paralympic Games this year. Today we’re looking at how global politics has influenced the opening of the Paralympic Games. Sport is often described as separate from politics, but in reality the two are frequently intertwined — and the Paralympics are no exception. One of the most visible geopolitical issues affecting the Games in recent years has been the participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, international sports bodies faced intense pressure over whether athletes from those countries should be allowed to compete. In several Paralympic competitions, Russian and Belarusian athletes have either been banned entirely or allowed to compete only as neutral athletes, meaning they cannot compete under their national flag or anthem. That decision reflects the broader geopolitical tensions surrounding the war. At the same time, the Paralympics have also become a powerful symbol for Ukraine itself. ...

Right now the United States and Israel are hitting Iran with massive air strikes — thousands of targets, missiles, ships, radar systems. Some officials say Iran’s military is already “knocked out.” But the real question is this: Can air power alone actually solve the Iran problem? History suggests it’s unlikely. Air strikes are very good at destroying things — air defenses, missile launchers, military bases, infrastructure. But wars are rarely won from the air alone. Military analysts say air campaigns almost never achieve long-term political goals without control on the ground or internal political change . You can bomb military facilities… You can disrupt a nuclear program… You can weaken a regime’s military. But you cannot control territory, remove a government, or stabilize a country from the sky. That usually requires ground forces, internal uprisings, or diplomacy . So the real strategic question facing President Donald Trump is not just how powerful the air campaign...