On the contrary, we are trying to finish it,” Vladimir Putin had told Russians a few years earlier, after invading Ukraine.

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Hizbullah has already joined one war against Israel. In October 2023 it began firing on the country the day after Hamas ...

After its invasion of Ukraine in 2022 Russia bought and improved them (as the Geran-2). It has since churned out tens of ...

By contrast, Mr Trump and his cabinet have offered a mess of shifting assertions—about Iran’s missiles, nuclear weapons, ...

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A fictional account of a third Gulf war between America, Israel and Iran explores how such a conflict might reshape Middle ...

With Mr Trump’s blessing, some Kurds in Iraq speak excitedly of reunifying their fractured homeland and reuniting with ...

Elites should stop assuming that the barriers to progress are the same from Brazil to Bangladesh, writes Alice Evans ...

A selection of books examines Iran's turbulent history, from American influence and the Islamic revolution to the recent ...

A fter the high inflation and dramatic protests of 1989, China endured a spell of economic “rectification” and austerity. But ...

In much of the developing world big firms are rare. The typical firm consists of a single worker—the owner. Even among those ...