In the final scene of my favorite movie The Last Boy Scout, Joe Hallenbeck (Bruce Willis) explains to his partner Jimmy Dix (Damon Wayans) how disputes are settled. Joe Hallenbeck: We’re living in the nineties. You can’t just walk up to a guy and punch him in the face. You have to say some cool line first.Jimmy…
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…
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…
A Glimmer of Hope The Iranian theocratic regime can, without hesitation, be described as criminal. For years it has provided financial and material support to terrorist organisations such as Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, while brutally persecuting its own opposition – murdering, torturing, and raping. The attack on Iran is illegal under American law. Yet…
