Georgi Kantchev
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Georgi Kantchev

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Wall Street Journal Middle East Correspondent | Bulgarian abroad | georgi.kantchev@wsj.com | DMs are open

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Gulf Oil Tops Prewar Flow

U.S.-backed shipping system aids tankers, but traders worry fighting could restart

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Gulf Oil Tops Prewar Flow

U.S.-backed shipping system aids tankers, but traders worry fighting could restart

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Wall Street Journal•OCT 21, 2026•Lead Story
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Saudi Crown Prince’s Burden Grows Heavier as Houthis Strike

Kingdom is facing myriad dilemmas as Iran-backed rebels intensify attacks

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Wall Street Journal•OCT 12, 2026•Lead Story
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Mideast Oil Exports Rebound As Iran's Grip on Strait Eases

Volume recovers to 80% of prewar levels, but risk also mounts of Tehran escalation

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Wall Street Journal•SEP 29, 2026•Lead Story
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Oil-Tanker Shortage Threatens To Keep Fuel Prices Elevated

Record shipping cost through Strait of Hormuz could offset any crude-price slide

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Wall Street Journal•SEP 21, 2026•Lead Story
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Iran Looks to Escalate Conflict In Bid to Break Strait Impasse

Tehran's forces have fired at U.S. warships, coming much closer than in previous tries

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Wall Street Journal•SEP 10, 2026•Lead Story
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Oil Math Doesn’t Add Up In Hormuz

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Wall Street Journal•AUG 25, 2026
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Iran Battles To Outlast U.S. Pressure

Tehran moves to becoming a ‘survival’ economy as inflation rises, oil exports fall

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Wall Street Journal•AUG 12, 2026•Lead Story
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Hormuz Standoff Puts Strain On Iran’s Oil-Storage Capacity

Tehran is buying time in race to see who blinks first: producers or global consumers

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Wall Street Journal•APR 28, 2026•Lead Story
The paper frames a geopolitical conflict through an infrastructural and market lens, focusing on logistical constraints rather than military movements. It positions the standoff as an endurance test between producers and consumers.
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Iran War Shifts Into Phase of Crippling Stalemate

As Tehran toughens its stance, closure of strait puts U.S. under increasing pressure

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Wall Street Journal•APR 23, 2026
Analyses the conflict through a geopolitical and economic lens, emphasising the protracted nature of the fighting and its impact on global trade routes.
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Trump Increases Economic Pressure On Iran

Administration sees blockade as raising strain on oil industry, leading to open strait

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Wall Street Journal•APR 17, 2026
Details the geopolitical and economic implications of a new US blockade aimed at Iran's oil industry.
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U.S. Threat To Block Strait Sets Up Clash

High-stakes war of attrition will test whether Iran has higher pain threshold

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Wall Street Journal•APR 13, 2026•Lead Story
The paper frames the military tension as a strategic and economic standoff, focusing on the mechanics of attrition and geopolitical leverage rather than immediate violence.

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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Georgi Kantchev in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.