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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Bobby Ghosh ## Bobby Ghosh Ghosh, a former TIME foreign correspondent and International Editor, is a commentator on geopolitics. ## Bobby Ghosh *  Aug 3, 2026 ### [Tehran’s New Weapon Is Not a Bomb. It Is an Invoice.](https://time.com/article/2026/08/03/tehran-trump-strait-of-hormuz-toll-oman-/) Iran has turned the Strait of Hormuz into a source of revenue, and it is waging war to keep collecti... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 1, 2026 ### [What Japan Wins in Every World Cup](https://time.com/article/2026/06/01/world-cup-japan-soft-power-cleanup/) Every soccer World Cup is an opportunity for Japan to deploy an unusual instrument of soft power. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 27, 2026 ### [Iran Did Not Win the Meme War](https://time.com/article/2026/05/27/iran-america-trump-meme-war/) Iran's social media campaign copies Ukraine's playbook, but it has not worked because the Islamic Re... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 7, 2026 ### [From Kyoto with Love: How Japan Conquered the World One Game at a Time](https://time.com/article/2026/05/07/from-kyoto-with-love-how-japan-conquered-the-world-one-game-at-a-time/) The interactive worlds dreamed up by game designers in Kyoto and Tokyo are the core of Japan’s soft ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 8, 2026 ### [Why Dubai Will Abide](https://time.com/article/2026/04/09/iran-war-dubai-survive-abide/) Dubai has deliberately constructed the reserves of attraction that outlast the damage of any partic... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 25, 2026 ### [Controlling the Strait of Hormuz is Iran’s Real Nuclear Option](https://time.com/article/2026/03/25/strait-of-hormuz-iran-war-weapon-option/) A weakened Iran has discovered a weapon more powerful than the nuclear bomb and cheaper to use. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 18, 2026 ### [The World Is Watching Trump’s War and Turning Away](https://time.com/article/2026/03/18/iran-israel-china-india-trump-war/) The American president has no coalition, no coherent rationale, and no regard for allies. The world ... *  Mar 5, 2026 ### [Iran's Mullahs Backed the 1953 Coup. What Will They Back Next?](https://time.com/7382514/iran-transition-clergy-1953-coup-ayatollah/) Iran’s political barometer is still held in the hands of the men in robes. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 20, 2026 ### [Why Doing Nothing on Iran Might Be Trump’s Hardest Choice](https://time.com/7350953/iran-trump-war-nuclear-talks/) When an American president makes promises to people in the streets and abandons them, they remember,... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 11, 2026 ### [Trump Has No Good Options On Iran](https://time.com/7345293/trump-iran-protests-military-strike/) As brave Iranians challenge the repressive regime in Tehran, the U.S leader faces three paths, each ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 9, 2026 ### [Iranians Are Protesting. Reza Pahlavi Can’t Save Them](https://time.com/7344936/iran-protest-reza-pahlavi-ayatollah/) Ahmed Chalabi had far more resources and backing than Reza Pahlavi—and still failed spectacularly in... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 6, 2026 ### [Why Trump’s Venezuela Strike Should Scare Taiwan](https://time.com/7343319/trump-venezuela-strike-should-scare-taiwan/) The debate over whether seizing Nicolas Maduro emboldens Beijing asks the wrong question, argues Bob... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 3, 2026 ### [Venezuela Isn’t Panama—No Matter How Much Trump Wishes It Were](https://time.com/7342906/venezuela-maduro-trump-panama/) The capture of Maduro is the easy part. What comes next will test whether America has learned anythi... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 22, 2025 ### [Erdogan’s S-400 Trouble Was of His Own Making](https://time.com/7342179/turkey-trump-erdogan-russia-weapons/) Turkey’s president is learning the hard way that nationalist posturing makes for bad foreign policy. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 17, 2025 ### [Why Iran Is Going After Its Best](https://time.com/7341038/iran-narges-mohammadi-crackdown-ayatollah-succession/) Iran has always been brutal toward its critics but the current wave of repression in Tehran has a sc... 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