https://hormuz.net/tags/escalation/ Recent content in Escalation on Hormuz.net Hugo en-us Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://hormuz.net/iran-isnt-seizing-the-initiative.-its-managing-decline./ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://hormuz.net/iran-isnt-seizing-the-initiative.-its-managing-decline./ <p>The story being told about this week is that Iran has the initiative. The drones, the missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain, the refusal to come to terms — all of it read as a regime dictating the tempo while a reluctant Washington waits for a deal. That reading mistakes motion for control. The party that controls the strategic clock is the one running the blockade, and that party is not Iran.</p>