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.
