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Gideon RachmanFinancial Review |
The Islamic republic aims to set up a toll booth on the Strait of Hormuz. It may succeed.
The appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei has dashed the US president’s hope of picking Iran’s new leader.
The killing of Ali Khamenei and key military and political leaders has left the regime reeling. But it does not answer the question of what comes...
The US president has worryingly developed an appetite for the wars of choice that he once denounced.
The US secretary of state’s speech on the weekend was full of cloying tributes to the Continent, but it’s a false sense of calm and a prelude to...
As the president’s behaviour becomes more and more indefensible, from ICE shootings to posting racist memes, a resistance is gathering some steam.
Swapping American dominance of the western hemisphere for Chinese dominance of East Asia would be the deal of the century. For China.
A ceasefire and hostage release are cause for celebration. But big questions remain about the rest of the Trump plan.
Vengeful, vain, headstrong – and surrounded by ambitious mediocrities – the president is increasingly out of control.
European leaders will try and help Ukraine’s president at the White House by convincing Trump to get off the dangerous path laid out for him by Putin.
Russia, Europe — and the Ukrainians under European tutelage — now all have the same playbook for dealing with the US president.
If Ukraine can keep its independence and its democracy — then making some territorial concessions might be a painful but acceptable concession.
The Islamic Republic is battered but not definitively defeated. Israel and the US, then, need to find alternative ways of securing lasting peace in...
In their different ways, Iran, Israel and the US have all gambled on war. The risk is they will all end up as losers.
Despite his rhetoric about fire and fury, the president is nervous about the use of force and adopts the TACO strategy.
When you’re running a superpower, you can’t just ignore the outside world.
The White House’s charge of antisemitism is a cynical tactic to pursue a broader attack on academic freedom.
The White House has miscalculated the balance of power in its tariff battle against China.
The US president has discovered that it is easier to shake down a law firm than to reshape the international trading system.
The president is entering new and dangerous territory as he pushes ahead with inflation-raising tariffs that could hit US consumers.
With Europe’s backing, Ukraine can stay in the fight long enough to achieve real peace – one that guarantees its independence and sovereignty.
European leaders need to reduce their dangerous dependence on a new adversarial America.