“They just make me angry. They just make me angry,” the US president told journalists last week, referring to Iranian leaders. From Carter to Trump, Washington continues to view Tehran through its own lens. But the Islamic Republic is not a head to be chopped off: it is a network that regenerates itself, whilst time is on the Iranians’ side

The war that was supposed to bring Iran to its knees has ended up putting the United States under pressure. Amidst depleted missiles, shifting targets and increasingly active proxies, the US president is trying to halt a conflict he can no longer control

Five months after the start of the conflict, the Trump administration appears to be ignoring its current dynamics and potential developments, whilst Saudi Arabia has decided to take military action, claiming responsibility for the attacks

The idea seems intuitive, but the problem is that the Strait does not work like that: there is no physical point whose capture would equate to control of it. Seizing an island in that system is like plugging a hole in a net. The threat passes through all the others