The big story for my Iranian friends is the hope of real change - however small.
The big story for me is radical isolationism. Gone are the days that the DSA would cheer for airstrikes against the Serbs. No airstrikes and also no embargoes, no boycotts, no sanctions that might hurt ordinary people. It's a stark (although consistent) position.
Given that the war is not popular on the ground in America and neither is the president who started it, what will U.S. foreign policy look like in 4 years?
Thank you, Hussein. Without splitting hairs, I am of two minds. Qatar’s belief in its indispensability seems never to have been true deterrence. The asymmetry between Doha and Tehran was always present, and the illusion that being indispensable means being immune has now been shattered.
Yet, Qatar’s current reaction echoed its response to the Israeli strike months ago—strong rhetoric, insistence on saving face maneuvers especially when their sovereignty is breached, but no change in strategy. Doha thru its bravado treated that action as an anomaly, aiming to restore the status quo rather than rethink its approach.
So, is this a true strategic shift, or just another instance of Qatar enduring obstructions as it maintains its overarching strategy of projecting indispensability and seeking to preserve the existing order?
exciting times!
The big story for my Iranian friends is the hope of real change - however small.
The big story for me is radical isolationism. Gone are the days that the DSA would cheer for airstrikes against the Serbs. No airstrikes and also no embargoes, no boycotts, no sanctions that might hurt ordinary people. It's a stark (although consistent) position.
Given that the war is not popular on the ground in America and neither is the president who started it, what will U.S. foreign policy look like in 4 years?
Thank you, Hussein. Without splitting hairs, I am of two minds. Qatar’s belief in its indispensability seems never to have been true deterrence. The asymmetry between Doha and Tehran was always present, and the illusion that being indispensable means being immune has now been shattered.
Yet, Qatar’s current reaction echoed its response to the Israeli strike months ago—strong rhetoric, insistence on saving face maneuvers especially when their sovereignty is breached, but no change in strategy. Doha thru its bravado treated that action as an anomaly, aiming to restore the status quo rather than rethink its approach.
So, is this a true strategic shift, or just another instance of Qatar enduring obstructions as it maintains its overarching strategy of projecting indispensability and seeking to preserve the existing order?