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State within a state

David Patrikarakos — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

In Lebanon, after a year of turmoil that was the worst in a decade, it is Hezbollah � with the backing of Iran and Syria � that expects to prosper, leaving the whole of the Middle East even more unstable.

Letter from Congo

David Patrikarakos — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 07:14:05 GMT

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been ravaged by war for nearly two decades. The largest UN peacekeeping mission in history based in the country is now being asked to leave.

The Stars in the Bright Sky

David Patrikarakos — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:12:25 GMT

Iran, master of enrichment

David Patrikarakos — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:09:39 GMT

Barack Obama hoped to launch a new era in relations with the Islamic Republic but, a year on, stalemate prevails. David Patrikarakos talks to Iran�s atomic ambassador and to critics in Israel and the US about what went wrong.

Mourning has broken

David Patrikarakos — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:16:04 GMT

The Escape

David Patrikarakos — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:40:53 GMT

How Iran went nuclear

David Patrikarakos — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:35:55 GMT

David Patrikarakos tells the remarkable story of the Islamic Republic�s nuclear programme, which began as an expression of western modernity but has now hardened into a statement of reaction, isolation and rage

Enter the dragon

David Patrikarakos — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:15:33 GMT

The Grand Turk: Sultan Mehmet II John Freely I B Tauris, 288pp, �18.99

Children of the revolution

David Patrikarakos — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:58:05 GMT

David Patrikarakos on Iran�s Revolutionary Guard