Etiket arşivi: energy security

The West in a Leadership Crisis

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March 30, 2026

Last Saturday, the war in Iran entered its second month. During the past four weeks, the only European leader to object to the attacks on Iran was Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. He issued a clear and firm refusal on March 6, saying, “No to war,” and denying the US permission to use joint Spanish-American military bases against Iran. In the following days, he warned that the Iran war represents a “far worse” scenario than the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He said Israel “seeks to inflict the same level of damage and destruction” on Lebanon as on the Gaza Strip.

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Brinkmanship versus Diplomacy

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March 9, 2022

Merriam-Webster defines “brinkmanship” as, “the art or practice of pushing a dangerous situation or confrontation to the limit of safety especially to force a desired outcome”, and “diplomacy” as “the art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations”. However, I am inclined to see the former not as an art, but as a gambling game at the end of which, more often than not, there are no winners.

Now, with loss of life, devastation, displacement within Ukraine and into neighboring countries, “brinkmanship” in the Ukraine crisis has already gone beyond the limit of safety. So, it is time for diplomacy.

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