It was to be expected that the US - as opposed to Trump's statements - would not go all in. The regional risks, the potential for entanglement all played a role. Intervention in Iran is a different compared to removing Maduro. Still, let's hope and do what we can to support the revolution.

Iran. Are we closer to US intervention? Is Starlink helping? Why are so many in the West questioning Pahlavi? Can we save Efran Soltani? A roundup and a bit of analysis on the newsletter:
pieterdorsman.substack.com/p/irans-revo...

A summary and assessment of what is going on in Iran right now on my newsletter: pieterdorsman.substack.com/p/irans-revo...

The Dutch are facing a dangerous crisis of authority as events during New Year's Eve made clear. On the newsletter today: open.substack.com/pub/pieterdo...

"The targeted decapitation of the Venezuelan leadership serves the Trump journey towards safer and self-sufficient Americas with the ultimate force residing in Washington, only to be used judiciously as and when the situation requires" On the newsletter: pieterdorsman.substack.com/p/reordering...

Recognizing a Palestinian state has failed: (1) actual progress in Gaza was achieved by pressure from Washington without any state recognition and (2) the rallying mobs in Paris, Toronto, Sydney and London weren’t pacified at all by the recognition move: they wanted more. More blood to be precise.

My thoughts on how a number of global trends came together and created a massacre on Bondi Beach: pieterdorsman.substack.com/p/the-global...