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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How the Islamic Republic colonised Iran
Protests against the regime are the beginnings of a national independence movement.
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Joe Biden said “America is back”. So why are its foreign allies going their own way?
Former friends to the US are increasingly testing the forms and bounds of the shifting geopolitical geometry.
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Will the Iranian protesters succeed? With Dina Nayeri
Protests in Iran have continued for six months since the death of Mahsa Amini.
Who is poisoning schoolgirls in Iran?
More than a thousand have been affected by what authorities say are deliberate toxic gas attacks.
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Charlie Forgham-Bailey: My most meaningful portrait
A winner of the Portrait of Britain prize, this photograph of Richard Ratcliffe is an image of stoicism, exhaustion and…
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Ten crucial questions about the world in 2023
The New Statesman’s writer at large identifies important global trends for the year ahead – and makes some predictions.
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Iran’s regime won’t be easily toppled
The public hanging of a protester shows the state’s response to mass demonstrations is becoming more violent.
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Iran’s brave act of defiance puts England to shame
The day before England faced Iran on the pitch, Ehsan Hajsafi told the media that Iranians should know “we are…
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Jafar Panahi’s No Bears shows the political power of filmmaking
Banned from making movies, the Iranian director has nevertheless created a formidable body of work – an uprising in cinematic…
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