Henrik Larsen

Wars rarely unfold the way leaders expect The Iran war is already displaying four strategic patterns that have appeared repeatedly across modern conflicts These patterns explain why wars that begin with expectations of rapid success often spiral into something much bigger

The 🇫🇷 Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, equipped with > 20 fighter jets, is on its way to the eastern Med In case not obvious this is a defensive op, to protect 🇫🇷 and regional allied interests. France says 🇺🇸🇮🇱 are acting “outside international law”

The regime in Teheran 🇮🇷 is abhorrent. The attack is still a clear violation of international law. You don’t become a saint because of the sin of others.

I will convene an extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council via video link on Sunday to address Iran and the rapidly unfolding events across the Middle East. I have been in contact with our partners in the Gulf countries. The Iranian regime’s indiscriminate attacks against its neighbours carry the risk of dragging the region into a broader war and we condemn this. It is essential that the war does not spread any further. The Iranian regime has choices to make.

Dr.Fiona Hill, co-author of the UK Strategic Defence Review, tells a packed audience at London’s Guildhall she believes WW3 has already begun, just not in the way most people imagine.

Former NATO SecGen Rasmussen says it clearly: Europe must deploy to western 🇺🇦 now. At least 20,000 troops and 150 aircraft. Create a safe zone to protect civilians. Not "next year", not when it's convenient. Now! Send a message to Moscow and Washington, a message to the world

The EU's External Action Service has issued a discussion paper on the concessions Russia should make to get peace, and it is nothing short of delusional. It stipulates Russia's surrender, disarmament, rollback of alliances and external oversight over Russian domestic politics.⬇️