Autocracy marches across the Middle East
Things have gone badly wrong in the region since the promise of the Arab spring
View ArticleSanctioning Iran’s foreign minister is futile — and worrying
The Trump administration has probably blocked the best path back to mediation
View ArticleClampdown in Kashmir reflects global disorder
Narendra Modi is taking advantage of Donald Trump’s wilful and erratic foreign policy
View ArticleThe curious case of US-Turkey relations
A sudden outbreak of harmony between Ankara and Washington looks too good to last
View ArticleBenjamin Netanyahu is in the fight of his life
It is too early to write off the Likud leader, but the parliamentary deadlock may block his power
View ArticleTrump’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign against Iran has backfired
Pulling out of the nuclear deal has emboldened Tehran and exposed Saudi Arabia
View ArticleSyria’s violent demographic re-engineering
The Assad regime is trying to ensure a Sunni-majority population cannot be recreated
View ArticleTrump’s troop withdrawal leaves Syria a time bomb
Syrian Kurdish allies have been left to their own devices as Turkey prepares for an incursion
View ArticleTrump’s Syria pivot is a boon to enemies of the west
Russia, Iran and their client Assad have had a huge win from the US’s withdrawal
View ArticleRussia is the winner in Donald Trump’s Syria mess
It is an undoubted plus for Vladimir Putin to have his military police patrolling a Nato border
View ArticleErdogan Rising, by Hannah Lucinda Smith
An engaging portrait of a figure of political legend
View ArticleA third, more terrible, incarnation of Isis could yet appear
The chaos caused by US troop withdrawal in northern Syria could see a resurgence of jihadism
View ArticleProtests in Iraq and Lebanon threaten status quo
It is not clear that a peaceful resolution of the current turmoil is possible
View ArticleSpain’s new coalition fails to break the deadlock
Centrists have paid heavily for missing a historic opportunity in April
View ArticleThe world will count cost of Trump’s Middle East moves
Legitimising Israeli settlements is the latest in a long line of miscalculations
View ArticleLebanese protests have given way to a debt crisis
The country’s banking system is in hock to an insolvent state
View ArticleA meticulous account of the killing of Jamal Khashoggi
‘The Killing in the Consulate’ by Jonathan Rugman is a damning portrayal of Saudi Arabia’s rulers
View ArticleSoleimani assassination risks war between US and Iran
Killing of Quds commander takes Trump presidency into dangerous territory
View ArticleTrump has given Iran an excuse to abandon diplomacy
Hardliners in Tehran now feel that an aggressive posture is justified
View ArticleIran’s theocrats will not risk losing control
The protesters struggling for greater freedom and a decent livelihood are gambling with their lives
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