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Trump’s Armageddon-Taco shuffle

Trump’s Armageddon-Taco shuffle

One minute he threatens death and destruction, the next he says the US and Iran are engaged in negotiations

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Netanyahu is gambling with Israel’s future

Netanyahu is gambling with Israel’s future

Perpetual war and fading American popular support is a formula for disaster

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War with Iran has exposed American fragility at sea

War with Iran has exposed American fragility at sea

The move from ‘efficiency’ to ‘resilience’ in maritime supply chains has a long way to go

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History is tragically repeating itself in Lebanon

History is tragically repeating itself in Lebanon

Ensuring the country’s survival — and Hizbollah’s weakening — is Trump’s best hope for Middle East success

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Trump has broken it. Now he owns it

Trump has broken it. Now he owns it

Continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz threatens the movement of gas and fertilisers as well as oil

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Who is winning the Middle East war?

Iran has taken a beating but it retains the advantages of geography, time and a superior tolerance for pain

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The FT View. Trump’s coalition of the unwilling

US allies have a right to avoid being sucked into a war they never sought

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Why Hormuz will haunt us long after this war ends

Why Hormuz will haunt us long after this war ends

Iran has shown that control of the strait gives it a stranglehold over the world economy

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The Big Read. The oil price war

For an Iranian regime facing existential struggle, pushing crude up is key measure of success

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Iran is playing a long game

An asymmetric war that brings the global economy to a standstill could exhaust the US and force a ceasefire

13.03.2026 10

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The Big Read. The Iranian school bombing and the information war

Evidence suggests that the US was most likely to be behind the attack that killed over 100 children

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In LA’s ‘Tehrangeles’, Trump’s war is popular

The largest community outside Iran danced in the streets but diverges with the president on a return to monarchy

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The FT View. There is no easy exit to Trump’s war

The US and Israeli attacks on Iran will leave the Middle East in greater turmoil

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Taco on Iran will come too late for Trump

The US president has already done lasting damage to international trust in America

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The war of unintended consequences

Israel and the US have achieved many military aims in Iran, but the unpredictable fallout poses threats to everyone

07.03.2026 10

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The Big Read. In the centre of the storm: what does the Iran war mean for Dubai?

Test comes for city that sold itself as metropolis of peace and stability as UAE’s ambitions threatened

06.03.2026 10

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The FT View. A turbulent week for financial markets

Investors risk being too complacent about war in the Middle East

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Iran could collapse from the periphery, not the centre

As the state weakens, minority groups in the borderlands could chip away at the country’s territorial integrity

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In defence of hand-wringers and pearl-clutchers

To surrender the fight for international law is to accept worse outcomes and more civilian deaths

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The FT View. The Gulf’s safe-haven status is under fire

Iran’s retaliatory attacks tarnish the region’s touted image of stability

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