Donald Trump’s war on Iran was an incoherent failure
A peace deal is welcome – but why was it not agreed months ago?
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The Iran debacle didn’t stop Trump in Cuba. It spurred him on
Cuba is not Venezuela. A military operation to topple its regime would be a massive gamble
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The war with Iran will go on, and on
The prospect of protracted conflict that reshapes the world is only growing
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Is Ashab al-Yamin attacking British Jews?
A shadowy Iranian group has claimed responsibility for the stabbings
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Why Britain is so poor – and will get poorer
The Iran war is the shock that could spark an economic firestorm
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Israel never stopped mowing the grass
Instead it has expanded its policy of using disproportionate military force
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Iran’s new ocean imperium
Are we seeing an end to the “freedom of the seas” in the Strait of Hormuz?
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Ed Miliband: The era of clean energy security
Our actions must now be faster, deeper and more wide-ranging if we are to protect our security. We have not…
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Why the Western mind cannot comprehend Iran
Behrooz Ghamari was imprisoned in a brutal Iranian jail in the 1980s. Despite his suffering, he’s against America’s war
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The Iran war is far from over
The Strait of Hormuz remains a deadly chokepoint in this rolling stand-off
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Trump’s pyrrhic victory in Iran
A ceasefire is in place and Iran has opened the Strait of Hormuz. So what was the war all for?
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Trump is not going to “chicken out” in Iran
Instead of seeking an exit ramp, the president may expand the war
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Kemi Badenoch wants to be Britain’s Peter Magyar
The Tory leader hopes to attack the right while remaining extraordinarily right-wing
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Trump’s blockade is a desperate measure
The president has declared a naval blockade against all shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, “effective immediately”
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“There is a 50-50 chance Iran will detonate a nuclear weapon within the next three years”
With the fragile US-Iran ceasefire under threat and JD Vance heading into high-stakes talks, Iranian officials believe they now hold…
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My Polymarket shame
Donald Trump gambled on Iran – so did I
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After Iran, America may turn against Israel
The real special relationship is unravelling
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Syria and Lebanon, forgotten victims of the Iran war
The conflict could not have come at a worse time for either nation
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How Trump’s ultimatum unravelled
One hour before his deadline expired, Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, as both sides attempted to claim victory
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The end of the American empire
Donald Trump’s war in Iran presages the destruction of US authority, not its renewal
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