Iran
Iran’s secret weapon of self-sacrifice
Much has been made of the adjective ‘asymmetric’ when discussing warfare in recent years. The word enjoys a renewed currency…
This is what Trump means by ‘victory’ in Iran
President Trump has now told us something very important about the war with Iran. Ponder his address to the nation…
Ignore the propaganda war
Prediction: by the time you read this, the joint US-Israeli operation in Iran will be all but over. In fact,…
Trump’s rambling Iran address was full of wishful thinking
In his nationwide address on Wednesday, Donald Trump could not have been clearer about the course of the Iran war. It’s not ending…
Trump touts the successes of his war for peace
“Ceasefire!” Some people worried that President Trump was taking to the air waves tonight in order to declare a ceasefire with Iran. That, clearly,…
The three options facing Trump in Iran
As Trump contemplates a ground operation in Iran, he will be reckoning with the ghosts of previous western “excursions” in…
‘We’re into 1973 territory now’: How bad could the energy price crisis get?
The energy price surge caused by war in the Middle East has sent shockwaves through Westminster. It has pushed up…
Will Trump strike a ‘final blow’ on Iran?
Will America’s ground invasion of Iran begin in the early hours of tomorrow? Everybody knows, by now, that Trump likes…
Why every president ignores Congress on war
Is there a plausible legal basis for going to war with Iran? Senate Democrats say no, and late yesterday forced…
Iran’s strike exposes the danger of the Chagos handover
In a sharp escalation, Iran attempted to strike the joint UK-US base Diego Garcia with two intermediate-range ballistic missiles. Both…
Trump should ditch the faux concern for the people of Iran
Live long enough and all your cherished memories of childhood will end up besmirched somehow. For many of us Boomers…
The only living being on our banknotes should be the monarch
This Middle East conflict ought to be much easier than the oil embargo which followed the Yom Kippur war of…
Iran and America’s new protection racket
“Whoever rules the waves rules the world” – Alfred Thayer Mahan. Would Donald Trump have attacked Iran on February 28…
The Democrats’ weakness on war powers
Given my longstanding disgust with America’s lawlessly interventionist and self-destructive foreign policy, I should be outraged by Donald Trump’s cavalier…
Why the Afghan-Pakistan war matters
More than a decade ago, during a tense visit to Islamabad as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton gave Pakistan’s leaders…
Iran isn’t Trump’s only ‘imminent threat’
President Trump thought it would be a cakewalk. Far from capitulating, his nemesis seems to be on the comeback trail. Gabbard…
Joe Kent’s resignation was an act of political positioning
Reflecting on the resignation of Cyrus Vance, James Thomson, the American historian and journalist, wrote in the Washington Post that…
Why Iran will hasten MAGA’s demise
Readers may disagree with the cover line of this issue. Pronouncing “the end of Trumpism” feels somewhat similar to declaring…
Decapitating Iran’s leadership might not topple the mullahs
Iran’s most powerful leaders are being picked off one by one by Israeli and American military strikes. The latest scalp…
Iran and the crisis in the European mind
The politics of the Iranian war feature an observable gap between interest and action for nearly all parties. The Americans…
Why is America always at war?
Sizable minorities on both the left and the right want America to intervene in fewer foreign conflicts and to exercise…
Should Nato help America defend the Strait of Hormuz?
As soon as Operation Epic Fury, America’s latest campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran, got underway on the last…
Iran’s first gayatollah?
Something queer’s afoot in the Islamic Republic. As Mojtaba Khamenei was announced as Iran’s new Supreme Leader last week, reports…
Are the chips down for AI thanks to Iran?
While Americans anxiously watch the price of gasoline tick higher as the war in the Middle East squeezes the global…
‘We don’t know what’s going on or why we’re doing this’: how Trump’s Iran gamble backfired
‘Donald Trump is a complicated person with simple ideas,’ said Kellyanne Conway, the former White House senior counsellor. ‘Way too…
