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The Language of War: Europe Braces for Iran-Israel Rerun

Iranian diplomats walked away from another meeting room in Istanbul last month, leaving European officials staring at empty chairs and dwindling hopes.

A Ticking Time Bomb Defused: Hotline to the Gulf

The twelve-day war ended with a whimper, but Gulf states emerged holding trump cards that neither Washington nor Tehran anticipated.

Poker Face: Russia’s Transactional Game

Putin promised partnership to Iran, friendship to Israel, and mediation to Trump; Moscow's Middle East strategy is beautifully duplicitous.

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Hollywood Takes Homer and Greece Pushes Back

Christopher Nolan had every right to reinvent Homer, but Greek frustration reveals what is lost when a living cultural inheritance becomes Hollywood spectacle.

Iran and Ukraine’s Wars Are Converging

Caspian strike on Iranian ship and warnings to Europe suggest two wars merge into one conflagration.

The US-Saudi Nuclear Deal Normalises Enrichment in the Gulf

The US-Saudi nuclear agreement may be civilian in name, but its enrichment provisions could persuade other Middle Eastern states that nuclear latency is becoming the region's new measure of power.

Greece Keeps Betting on Golden Visa Capital

Greece is preserving its golden visa programme because foreign capital remains valuable to its recovery, even as property investment worsens pressure on housing.

Andy Burnham Plans to Retax British Homes

Burnham weighs a property tax overhaul that could redirect who pays for Britain's homes.