Trump’s fragile truce
The US president insists a ceasefire is in effect, even as hostilities continue.
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How Donald Trump plunged America into a blind war
Without any apparent strategy or objectives, this conflict is evolving in real time on social media.
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Ayatollah Khamenei faces a nuclear nightmare
Attacked from above and below, Iran’s supreme leader may not survive.
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Trump’s assault on Iran is a war without honour
The invasion of Iraq came robed in political poetry. This is the grand strategy of a businessman.
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What happens if the Iranian regime falls?
Syria provides hard lessons on what’s at stake.
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A perilous age
From Israel and Iran to Ukraine and Russia, nations across the globe are engaged in existential battles.
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From the archive: The revolution turns to repression
August 1979: Six months after the Iranian Revolution, Fred Halliday surveys the Islamic Republic.
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Will Iran inflict oil inflation on the West?
The country has little to lose by restricting shipping and triggering an energy price shock.
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Will Iran surrender?
Israel’s assault has transformed the balance of power in the Middle East.
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Impunity is fuelling Israel’s spiralling aggression
Israel attacked Iran not out of fear but out of hubris.
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Netanyahu’s gamble
The Israeli prime minister’s strike on Iran was audacious but also risky, militarily and politically.
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Netanyahu realises his lifelong dream
Israel’s staggering strikes on Iran have devastated the regime’s brittle leadership.
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Trump’s nuclear test
Time is running out for the US and Iran to agree a new deal.
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Donald Trump’s nuclear dilemma
Can negotiations or military action stop Iran getting a nuclear weapon?
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Will Israel strike Iran’s nuclear programme?
This is going to be another turbulent year in the Middle East.
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Aleppo is just the beginning
The advance on the city is a Syrian drama, reflecting both rebel success and regime failure.
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Could Trump secure a peace deal with Iran?
In the wake of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, is there reason to hope for lasting peace?
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The realpolitik binding Israel’s hand
Benjamin Netanyahu’s strikes on Iran were a breach of the IDF’s usual strategic calculus.
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Will Netanyahu upend the global economy?
A prolonged conflict could cause recessions in the West, decide the US election and strengthen Putin’s hand in Ukraine.
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Israel and Iran’s final reckoning
A full-blown conflict would have global consequences.
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