
A perilous age
From Israel and Iran to Ukraine and Russia, nations across the globe are engaged in existential battles.
ByReviewing politics
and culture since 1913
From Israel and Iran to Ukraine and Russia, nations across the globe are engaged in existential battles.
ByAugust 1979: Six months after the Iranian Revolution, Fred Halliday surveys the Islamic Republic.
ByThe country has little to lose by restricting shipping and triggering an energy price shock.
ByIsrael’s assault has transformed the balance of power in the Middle East.
ByIsrael attacked Iran not out of fear but out of hubris.
ByThe Israeli prime minister’s strike on Iran was audacious but also risky, militarily and politically.
ByIsrael's staggering strikes on Iran have devastated the regime’s brittle leadership.
ByTime is running out for the US and Iran to agree a new deal.
ByCan negotiations or military action stop Iran getting a nuclear weapon?
ByThis is going to be another turbulent year in the Middle East.
ByThe advance on the city is a Syrian drama, reflecting both rebel success and regime failure.
ByIn the wake of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, is there reason to hope for lasting peace?
ByBenjamin Netanyahu’s strikes on Iran were a breach of the IDF’s usual strategic calculus.
ByA prolonged conflict could cause recessions in the West, decide the US election and strengthen Putin’s hand in Ukraine.
ByA full-blown conflict would have global consequences.
ByThe situation in the Middle East is only getting more dangerous.
ByIsrael has won several remarkable military victories – with a catastrophic human cost.
ByThe IDF has vowed that “tonight’s event will have consequences”.
ByWith the region on the brink of all-out war, rhetorical moderation is required.
ByThe great survivor of Israeli politics is fighting for his future.
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