The rules, that in fact denies the western allies the ability to perform “freedom of navigation” operations as the United States Navy is doing regularly in contested areas of the South China Sea and the Persian Gulf, are only the new part of Russia’s preparations to defend its Arctic..…

We could see, for example, missile launches against multiple Israeli targets by Iran’s terrorist proxy Hezbollah together with Iran’s dispatch of its numerous militarized speedboats equipped with missiles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers against U.S. and allied ships in and around the Persian..…

Even if Trump's White House decides there is a case for war in the seeming provocations taking place in the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, they are very unlikely to take the case to the United Nations. Iran's allies include Security Council-member Russia, which would veto any action. . ..…