The President Who Cried Wolf
Trump's threats - the latest against Oman - carry diminishing returns. And posting that Hormuz is now US territory just makes you look ridiculous, which has no return.
Ask Questions Later
Analysis of geopolitics, economy, and society, mostly by Dan Perry, former Cairo-based Mideast Editor and London-based Europe-Africa Editor of the Associated Press. Supporting reason, culture and the liberal order now beset from all sides.
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