Iran’s new doctrine has changed everything
In the days following Tehran’s missile and drone attack on Israel, flights out of Tel Aviv were booked solid.
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The age of danger
Order is breaking down as the great powers take sides in multiple wars.
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Israel and Iran’s deadly game
They bet that direct attacks would not lead to a disastrous escalation. The Middle East is now on the brink.
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Why Iran’s attack on Israel failed
The drone and missile strike conveyed as much weakness as it did strength.
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Will the Iran crisis split Rishi Sunak and David Cameron?
A new dividing line could emerge between the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary.
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The Iran attack changes everything
Lines have been crossed and the new state of affairs no longer has the same handrails.
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Israel can prevent a regional war
It’s not yet clear how far Benjamin Netanyahu’s government will go in response to Iran’s attack.
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The Israel-Iran endgame
What the West doesn’t get about the Iranian regime.
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What Iranians want
The author Arash Azizi on protests, the regime’s motivations, and how Iran feels about the Palestinian cause.
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The Iran problem
How the US is losing control of the Middle East.
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How Israel’s war spread to the Red Sea
Yemen’s Houthis are allies of Iran but not proxies. They believe they are carrying out the will of God.
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The Red Sea’s escalation equation
The aims of the US’s and UK’s strikes on the Houthis were limited. But what happens next?
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The Iran Trap
Why Israel and the West are running out of time.
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Eitan Shamir: “In the end, the levelling of Gaza also poses an opportunity”
The Israeli military strategist on how 7 October happened, Israel’s endgame in Gaza and the prospect of a regional war.
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Hezbollah isn’t joining the war – yet
In his televised address, the group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel that “all scenarios are open”.
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Could Hezbollah’s leader ignite a regional war?
Hassan Nasrallah's forces are poised on Israel's border. Is he about to open a new front in the conflict?
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The EU is the “illusory giant” of geopolitics
Despite its wealth and ambition, the European Union is limited as an actor in the great conflicts of our time.
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The revenge of history
How Israel forgot the lessons of the Yom Kippur War.
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The Hamas attack was driven by a brutal ideology
The atrocities committed against Israeli civilians have roots in the same fanaticism activists face in Iran.
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What the West got wrong about Iran
The country’s role in the Middle East has been long ignored – and Israel is paying the price.
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