Dr Rikard Jalkebro

Special to Gulf News

Articles from the author

Hormuz: When an energy shock becomes a food emergency

Why the strait’s disruption is already driving hunger far beyond the Gulf

A container ship is seen in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, Saturday, April 18, 2026.

Diplomacy without illusions: Case for accountability

Negotiating from strength is not opposed to diplomacy - it is essential to it

Durable diplomatic outcomes have more often depended on a clear asymmetry of leverage and a credible cost of refusal than on procedural symmetry between parties.

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