1+ hour, 51+ min ago  (93+ words) One disquieting lesson of history is that, although world wars affect nearly everyone, the task of avoiding them falls to a tiny number of decisionmakers. And those decisionmakers are sometimes fools. Russia has been driven mad. Could other countries suffer…...

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1+ week, 21+ hour ago  (129+ words) AMERICA HAS struck more than 11, 000 targets in Iran since the start of its war, devastating military units, defence-industrial sites and nuclear facilities. But Iran has also exacted a real'and sometimes surprising'military cost. A daily newsletter with the best of our…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago  (99+ words) Republicans should not panic, insists the White House. "NO PANICANS! , it tweeted on March 14th. Nonetheless, signs of panic can be detected. As the conflict drags on, Democrats are sharpening their response John Prideaux, our US editor, on a nation that…...

3+ week, 21+ hour ago  (60+ words) But the tycoon also has his critics Shortages in Israel and the Gulf could determine the war's course There is no simple way to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, writes Shashank Joshi, our defence editor Gulf states could join the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (68+ words) A daily newsletter with the best of our journalism There is no simple way to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, writes Shashank Joshi, our defence editor Gulf states could join the conflict Satellite images of the Middle East are suddenly…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (117+ words) FORGET REGIME change, a nuclear deal and the rest of America's ever-changing objectives in Iran. With the war now in its third week, it may seem as if Donald Trump's list of goals has been whittled down to just one:…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (92+ words) This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline "Iran's hidden imam" Low productivity and political corruption bedevil the whole economy We analyse 1, 615 distinct attacks, and more besides The regime's enforcers will struggle…...

4+ week, 18+ hour ago  (86+ words) Behind the scenes at'The Economist John Mc Dermott, our chief Africa correspondent, writes about the Middle East crisis Escorting convoys of oil tanker with warships may give Iran juicy American targets For Binyamin Netanyahu they are, as ever, a question…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (95+ words) Behind the scenes at'The Economist A daily newsletter with the best of our journalism Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, explains that the conflict is intensifying in four ways A lack of trust in America and Israel, internal divisions and the…...