Hedy Belhassine

Hedy Belhassine — Photo © Joël-François Dumont
Hedy Belhassine

The Iran War Without Iran

30 January 2026
Before being strategic, war is geographical. The Arab-Persian Gulf—aptly named—is the demarcation line of imperial confrontation. It is a warm sea, very salty, never blue, rarely tumultuous, trapped between muddy beaches and charmless rocks stunned […]
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And Now for the Peace Nobel Prize the Winner Is…

23 August 2025
Suggesting the Nobel Peace Prize for Donald Trump is an act of magnificent audacity, almost as absurd as demanding the Nobel Prize for Virtue for Rocco Siffred. The latter has little chance of ever seeing the light of day because, since 1968, it has no longer been possible to expand the categories. Greta Thunberg will therefore not be getting a Nobel Prize for environmental activism either. Of course, audacity knows no bounds, especially when big egos are wallowing in the swamp of self-importance.

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