Confident Erdogan hides danger for Turkey
Boosted by the EU deal over migrants, Ankara is running risks with its policy on the Kurds
View ArticleSaudi’s alliances show America waning
Power often coexists with pragmatism, making strange bedfellows of sworn enemies
View ArticleRussia runs up against Assad’s defences
Moscow might have the measure of the west but Syria is another matter
View ArticleThe fraying of historic US-Saudi ties
Barack Obama faces a ruling family under unpredictable new management on his farewell trip to Riyadh
View ArticleReligious curbs on Saudi economic reform
There is one lever of power the crown prince does not hold: the deal with the Wahhabi establishment
View ArticleThe many obstacles that Iran faces
A nation whose young population wants to open up to the world remains stuck
View ArticleErdogan seeks limitless power
The Turkish president has wilfully cut himself off from any free flow of critical information
View ArticleOttoman legacy dies hard in Middle East
Even devotees of centralised rule concede they may have to give ground to federalism
View ArticleUS sanctions risk misfiring in Lebanon
Moves to limit Hizbollah’s access to finance threaten to undermine a fragile equilibrium
View ArticleErdogan tightens his grip on Turkey
The president prepares to command yet more authority, cocooned by his courtiers
View ArticleMilitary might alone will not defeat Isis
Even if the battlefield operations go swimmingly, the politics are very unpromising
View ArticleAmerica infuriates both Sunni and Shia
Saudi Arabia and Iran are convinced the US has tilted against them in the wake of nuclear deal
View ArticleHope grows for a political solution for Syria
President Assad vaingloriously promises to recover every inch of Syria — but him and whose army?
View ArticleThree truths about the Iraq war
Whatever Chilcot says, there is no denying that this conflict has shaped recent history
View ArticleIsis is not yet on the run
The scale of the jihadis’ ambition should not be underestimated
View ArticleTurkey is losing its checks and balances
Erdogan is using the putsch as an excuse for blanket repression and constitutional vandalism
View ArticleTurkey’s fate lies in Erdogan’s hands
His priority is not Isis but the Gulenists and Kurdish insurgents, writes David Gardner
View ArticleErdogan will be anxious after army purge
Suspicion must remain that there are plotters yet to show their hands, writes David Gardner
View ArticleErdogan is fighting on too many fronts
As Biden visits Ankara, Turkey remains on a collision course with the west
View ArticleKurds’ dream looks as distant as ever
Kurdish people are unlikely to gain autonomy from turmoil in the Middle East
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