Could Iran be America’s next Vietnam?
Then, the key to American failure was naivety – now, it is Donald Trump’s personal hubris
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Then, the key to American failure was naivety – now, it is Donald Trump’s personal hubris
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Also: Havana’s fight against sanctions, and the classroom I can’t forget
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Defeat in Iran and a deteriorating US-Israel relationship might not be enough to stop him from winning the next election
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Far from a vision of “peace through strength,” the US’s peace deal with Iran is a display of calamity through…
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A peace deal is welcome – but why was it not agreed months ago?
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Cuba is not Venezuela. A military operation to topple its regime would be a massive gamble
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The prospect of protracted conflict that reshapes the world is only growing
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A shadowy Iranian group has claimed responsibility for the stabbings
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The Iran war is the shock that could spark an economic firestorm
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Instead it has expanded its policy of using disproportionate military force
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Are we seeing an end to the “freedom of the seas” in the Strait of Hormuz?
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Our actions must now be faster, deeper and more wide-ranging if we are to protect our security. We have not…
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Behrooz Ghamari was imprisoned in a brutal Iranian jail in the 1980s. Despite his suffering, he’s against America’s war
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The Strait of Hormuz remains a deadly chokepoint in this rolling stand-off
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A ceasefire is in place and Iran has opened the Strait of Hormuz. So what was the war all for?
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Instead of seeking an exit ramp, the president may expand the war
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The Tory leader hopes to attack the right while remaining extraordinarily right-wing
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The president has declared a naval blockade against all shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, “effective immediately”
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With the fragile US-Iran ceasefire under threat and JD Vance heading into high-stakes talks, Iranian officials believe they now hold…
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Donald Trump gambled on Iran – so did I
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