Iran has come in from the cold
The nuclear deal last week may deliver a new ally for the US, but a resurgent Iran will change the balance of power in the Gulf
Theocracies tend to project their power and influence in the strangest ways. From
local mystic rituals to get the natives onside, to subtle proselytising, to overt
attempts to convert what my children would describe as “randomers”.
When I was a little boy, ...