The US may send thousands of troops to Iran. Have we learned nothing from the past?
As I write in The Guardian, the US, in 2003, claimed its Iraq incursion would be brief. Now there’s competition for the …
2026 is already pure chaos. Is that Trump’s electoral strategy?
Less than two weeks into the year, the US is already stoking mayhem at home and abroad. Could this have something to …
Trump’s coalition is self-destructing over the Iran war question
You don’t have to be a fan of Tucker Carlson to enjoy the spectacle of a Republican civil war, I write in …
Benjamin Netanyahu must be stopped
War is the prime minister’s doctrine. Israel’s strikes on Iran – falsely described as pre-emptive – are the latest example, I argue …
Trump’s new travel ban is a gratuitously cruel sequel
The new travel ban policy is alienating, counterproductive and racist – and it isn’t the flex that Trump thinks it is, I …
How long will the destruction of Lebanon continue? This is madness.
I write in The Guardian that Netanyahu’s allegation that Iran controls all of Lebanon is a ploy to stoke another disastrous sectarian …
Vance or Walz: who won the VP debate? Our panel responds
I joined a panel of commentators at The Guardian to assess the Walz/Vance vice-presidential debate of Oct. 1, 2024. The first question …
In our era, war isn’t hell. War is mundane.
I wrote this essay for The Guardian following Donald Trump’s assassination of Iran’s top general Qassem Suleimani. Donald Trump may act like …
US bombs are killing children in Yemen. Does anybody care?
I wrote this essay for The Guardian. This is not a column about Donald Trump. It’s also not about Paul Manafort, Michael …