Merz backed the Iran war until it backfired. Now Europe is humiliated—and no one misses its mediation.
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LNG won’t replace oil. Dual order emerges: oil shocks, gas manages. Europe pivots, Asia competes. Gas joins the weaponization arsenal.
US can’t fight two wars alone. Europe needs co-production, not just customer status. ITAR and centralized models are the bottleneck.
Europe leads a 51-nation effort to reopen Hormuz, diverging from US blockade but sharing goals. Deployment speed remains uncertain.
Europe needs US on Ukraine; US needs Europe on Iran. A grand bargain is possible.
Spain’s anti-genocide stance cracks European unity, challenging Israel’s political and colonial narratives directly.
Tehran exploits Europe-US rifts, offering nuclear and strait concessions to fracture Washington’s pressure campaign.
From secret drone workshops to embassy-linked smuggling rings, the IRGC is activating European sleeper cells to target U.S. and Israeli assets.
Europe and Asia face catastrophic energy shortages and industrial decline as the war in Iran shatters global supply chains and fuel reserves.
Trump shifts the responsibility for the Strait of Hormuz to Europe and Gulf states, fundamentally altering decades of American Middle East policy.