Gideon Rachman
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- Sep 22, 2026
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- Jul 20, 2026
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Trump and Xi are two narcissists in a world in chaos (opens the original)
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“I’ve just emerged from nearly three hours of briefing and discussions with the president of the republic and the intelligence and security services. In my 50 years, I have rarely felt such a sense of vertigo. Vertigo at the gravity of the situations in the Middle East and Ukraine, and at the predatory madness driving the world toward chaos.” That was Guillaume Lacroix, a French politician, speaking late last week. He is not alone in his alarm. Dark warnings about the risk of war have been emana
Germany’s victorious extremists have friends in very high places (opens the original)
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It is rare for provincial German elections to be watched all over the world. But the huge surge in support for the Alternative for Germany party in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday (Monday AEST) is truly an event of global significance. The AfD’s Saxony branch has been classified as right-wing extremist by Germany’s domestic intelligence services. Some in the party flirt with Nazi imagery and slogans. Nonetheless, the governments of Russia and the US — two nations that take great pride in their role in d
Trump once again eyes regime change in Iran quagmire (opens the original)
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President Donald Trump’s foreign policy legacy is likely to be defined by Iran. Right now, it’s not looking good. The war has restarted. But America does not have a plausible plan for victory. The US national security establishment is already defining down what success might mean. At last week’s meeting of the Aspen Security Forum, Mark Esper, who was defence secretary in Trump’s first term, argued that the US could be satisfied with the achievement of two main goals. Gift 5 articles to anyone y
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