The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is crushing the global economy. But at the same time, it’s exactly the slap-in-the-face wake‑up call the world needed. Every country is now showing whether it’s capable of strategic thinking, or whether it’s just waiting for someone else to solve its problems. Slovakia and Hungary did practically nothing…
It’s fascinating to watch how the war in the Middle East echoes through multicultural London. The city is home to at least 40–60 thousand Iranians. A strong concentration of shops, restaurants, community centres and politically active diaspora can be found mainly on Ballards Lane in North Finchley, nicknamed “Little Tehran”. And as one might expect,…
Eleven days have passed since the American‑Israeli attack on Iran. I wrote here about the mixed feelings I had at the beginning. And now, after almost two weeks, it is becoming increasingly clear that at least the American side did not—and still does not—have a clear idea of what it actually wants to achieve with…
