Regardless of decapitation, Iran’s regime endures: Does Hormuz blockade give Tehran the higher hand?

William Hilderbrandt is happy to welcome Paul Taylor, Senior Visiting Fellow within the Europe within the World Programme and a member of the Defence/Safety EUrope mission. He’s additionally a contract columnist for The Guardian. Amid the Strait of Hormuz blockade, Mr. Taylor argues that even overwhelming pressure can not assure security when uneven instruments, comparable to drones and decentralised command buildings, stay efficient. At its core, he contends that reopening the Strait will not be a technical or logistical problem, however a political and diplomatic one.