Charlie Gammell

The winds of change are blowing in Iran

23 November 2024 10:52 pm

The mood music from Tehran regarding Donald Trump’s election victory was a mixture of ‘don’t care,’ and ‘very much do…

Regime change in Iran is a bad idea

28 October 2024 6:57 pm

In 2012, as the Islamic Republic showed signs of buckling under the weight of US and EU sanctions, Senator John…

War in Lebanon could end up creating Isis 3.0

3 October 2024 5:26 pm

As Israeli troops make incursions into southern Lebanon, in the wake of recent successful aerial and covert campaigns against Hezbollah, Tel Aviv appears ascendant. Iran, by…

Why a major war in the Middle East feels inevitable

7 August 2024 11:11 pm

Sun Tzu, the Chinese military strategist writing roughly 2,500 years ago, said that ‘Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to…

Why the death of Ebrahim Raisi both matters, and doesn’t

20 May 2024 9:04 pm

Not only does the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, in a helicopter crash in the fog and mountains in northern…

Iran is dangerous – but rational

4 April 2024 12:09 am

We’ve been here before. Iran has been here before. In 2020 its most senior IRGC commander, Qassem Soleimani, was killed…