As of this past MondayāApril 13, 2026āthe situation involving the United States and Iran continues to escalate, and one proposal in particular is raising serious alarm: the idea of a U.S. blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. This is not a small move. This is not symbolic. A blockade in that region would be oneContinue reading “April 13, 2026: A Dangerous Echo of the PastāOr Something Worse”
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April 12, 2026: Blockades, Retaliation, and the Breaking Point
As of todayāApril 12, 2026āthe situation involving the United States and Iran has escalated yet again, and itās reaching a point where the risks are becoming impossible to ignore. There are now talks about a potential blockade of the Strait of Hormuzāone of the most critical shipping lanes in the world. And in response, IranContinue reading “April 12, 2026: Blockades, Retaliation, and the Breaking Point”
Universities Need to Rethink Riyadh Campuses in a Region on Edge
There is something deeply unsettling about watching geopolitical escalation unfold and then realizing it intersects directly with institutions you once trusted. I am not going to name the college I graduated from. That is not the point. The point is this: if a university operates a campus in Riyadh, and Iran is actively retaliating againstContinue reading “Universities Need to Rethink Riyadh Campuses in a Region on Edge”