Monday’s paper
March 17, 2026
What Iran needs is not more soldiers, but more political wisdom
Before oil prices hit new highs and the polls predict he will lose both Houses in the November elections, Donald Trump may still want to salvage what he can. He may declare victory and withdraw his troops, but what would happen afterwards in the Middle East?
Before oil prices hit new highs and the polls predict he will lose both Houses in the November elections, Donald Trump may still want to salvage what he can. He may declare victory and withdraw his troops, but what would happen afterwards in the Middle East?
Monday’s paper
March 10, 2026
Iran, Europe and the intellectual laziness
Not only are Europeans far from being passive, but, by coincidence, it was on the third day of this war that Emmanuel Macron solemnly proposed extending French nuclear deterrence to those EU countries that wished it.
Not only are Europeans far from being passive, but, by coincidence, it was on the third day of this war that Emmanuel Macron solemnly proposed extending French nuclear deterrence to those EU countries that wished it.
Monday’s paper
March 2, 2026
The era of international law has ended in the sky above Iran
Why lament the fact that the Islamist dictator fell at the hands of America, even Trump's America? Because the law of the strongest is now promoted by both the White House and the Kremlin.
Why lament the fact that the Islamist dictator fell at the hands of America, even Trump’s America? Because the law of the strongest is now promoted by both the White House and the Kremlin.
Monday’s paper
January 12, 2026
The reshaping of the Middle East
In the coming days or months, they will fall. After a moment of wild happiness, Iran will have to rebuild itself, while the entire Middle East will be reshaped. The fall of this dictatorship will not open the gates of paradise, but yes, it will fall, and so much the better, because all it has got left is weapons.
In the coming days or months, they will fall. After a moment of wild happiness, Iran will have to rebuild itself, while the entire Middle East will be reshaped. The fall of this dictatorship will not open the gates of paradise, but yes, it will fall, and so much the better, because all it has got left is weapons.
Monday’s paper
January 3, 2026
Iran needs a Spanish-style transition
This is the agony of a dictatorship. Perhaps it will be long and painful. Perhaps, on the contrary, in the coming days we will see the sudden collapse of the Iranian theocracy that so quickly hijacked the democratic revolution of 1979.
This is the agony of a dictatorship. Perhaps it will be long and painful. Perhaps, on the contrary, in the coming days we will see the sudden collapse of the Iranian theocracy that so quickly hijacked the democratic revolution of 1979.
Monday’s paper
June 30, 2025
The landscape after the battle
Will this ‘12-day war’ in Iran and Israel have transformed Donald Trump? Will Netanyahu continue to govern with the far right? How have the bombings change the Iranian power dynamics?
Will this ‘12-day war’ in Iran and Israel have transformed Donald Trump? Will Netanyahu continue to govern with the far right? How have the bombings change the Iranian power dynamics?
Monday’s paper
June 22, 2025
Iran, the country of informed citizens
Iran is the "par excellence" country of politically well-informed, well-trained citizens. To avoid bloody chaos, all that is needed is for the most respected reformers and dissidents to call together for a peaceful transition allowing for the formation of a political spectrum and the organisation of free elections. Time is running out. It is a matter of days.
Iran is the “par excellence” country of politically well-informed, well-trained citizens. To avoid bloody chaos, all that is needed is for the most respected reformers and dissidents to call together for a peaceful transition allowing for the formation of a political spectrum and the organisation of free elections. Time is running out. It is a matter of days.
Monday’s paper
April 22, 2025
Trump’s two cards
This is the most dangerous illusion of all. In the United States, in Europe and everywhere else, it is easy to believe that Donald Trump has piled up so many failures that all we have to do is wait until November 2026 and the mid-term elections to wake up from this nightmare.
This is the most dangerous illusion of all. In the United States, in Europe and everywhere else, it is easy to believe that Donald Trump has piled up so many failures that all we have to do is wait until November 2026 and the mid-term elections to wake up from this nightmare.
