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Consumer prices trump geopolitics

18-07-2026 07:26 Like its counterparts in most other countries, the US electorate is more interested in consumer goods than in geopolitical questions that, sooner or later, could have devastating consequences.

by James Neilson

AS I SEE IT

Israel gets thrown under the bus

20-06-2026 05:23 Unlike the US president and his business cronies, the Israelis have no illusions about the fanatical Iranian regime.

by James Neilson

AS I SEE IT

Donald Trump and his Ukrainian bête noire

13-06-2026 05:34 Hard as it is for Trump to stomach, Zelenskyy has greatly distinguished himself as a war leader. As for Trump, unless he is very lucky, he could find his name permanently attached to a deal with the Iranians that will bring to mind Neville Chamberlain.

by James Neilson

AS I SEE IT

Donald Trump and his doppelgänger

30-05-2026 05:12 Did Trump make a historic blunder when he chose to join Israel in what began as an attempt to overthrow the Iranian dictatorship?

by James Neilson

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Milei heads to Israel as Middle East ceasefire clock ticks down

17-04-2026 15:40 Visit to the Western Wall, meetings, ceremonies and the nation’s highest honour – Milei’s schedule in Israel; Presidential delegation departs this Saturday at 11am.

AS I SEE IT

Did the ayatollahs get one over on Trump?

11-04-2026 06:49 Even though Trump is desperately looking for an excuse to call it quits, he could change his mind yet again when it dawns on him that the remnants of the Iranian regime are making him look like a loser.

by James Neilson

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Israel vows to fight on as Trump grants Iran ceasefire

09-04-2026 11:59 United States and Iran agree a ceasefire and are due to launch talks in Pakistan aimed at reaching a longer-term deal, but crucial sticking points remain.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Trump warns 'whole civilization will die' in Iran if ultimatum expires

07-04-2026 10:26 Trump warns US military will bomb Iran's bridges, power plants and other civilian infrastructure into the "stone age."

ANALYSIS

Vaca Muerta turns global oil shock into opportunity for Argentina

03-04-2026 06:38 Argentina’s shale boom is reshaping its economy. Rising global energy prices were once a historic vulnerability, now they’re into a growing source of external strength.

by Santiago del Carril

GLOBAL ENERGY MARKET

Oil surge elicits tough love from Trump’s Latin American allies

29-03-2026 10:23 The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz is rippling beyond Asia. Though Latin America is far from the key oil and gas artery that’s been mostly choked off by Iran, it’s still heavily exposed to oil price volatility.

AS I SEE IT

Facing the Islamist challenge

14-03-2026 06:52 Will Trump and Netanyahu be satisfied with something less than “regime change”? Or are they dead set on continuing the war until the ayatollahs and their brutal enforcers have been replaced by a pro-Western government?

by James Neilson

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

No inertia with Persia

14-03-2026 06:46 The 90 million Persians are very self-consciously not Arabs – ethnically, they are Indo-European, not Semitic while their Farsi language is fairly unintelligible for speakers of Arabic, far less overlap than, say, between Russian and Polish.

by Michael Soltys

WAR IN IRAN

Middle East war set to rage on as Iran's new leader breaks silence

12-03-2026 18:25 Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, signals he won’t back down in the Middle East war in his first public comments since succeeding his assassinated father.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Iran warns of long war that would 'destroy' world economy

11-03-2026 17:47 Iran's Revolutionary Guard vows to target "economic centres and banks" that it deems linked to US and Israeli interests; US President Donald Trump said the conflict would end "soon," as Tehran effectively closes off Strait of Hormuz.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Is Argentina at war?

10-03-2026 14:50 At a Jewish university in New York, President Milei once again described Iran as an “enemy” and declared that “we are going to win” the war in the Middle East. The lessons of the past and the risks of reckless ideological displays.

by Walter Curia

As I see it

Trump the liberator goes to war

07-03-2026 06:50 Though few would disagree that a “diplomatic solution” to the Iranian problem would be far better than one reached at gunpoint, efforts to persuade the leaders of the regime that it would be in their interest to call a genuine halt to their nuclear programme were always bound to fail.

by James Neilson

(GEO)POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Argentina: the safest country in the world

07-03-2026 06:36 With the world in chaos, Milei returned to the basics and relied on the same kind of things that got him elected in the first place.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

CRISIS IN MIDDLE EAST

Trump’s war

06-03-2026 10:00 This is Trump’s war, Trump’s choice, Trump’s adventure.

by David Smith

ATTACK ON IRAN

Iran's supreme leader Khamenei confirmed dead, says Trump

28-02-2026 21:04 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader since 1989 and sworn enemy of the West, was killed Saturday in the opening salvo of a massive US and Israeli attack, US President Donald Trump announces.

WASHINGTON VERSUS TEHRAN

Iran denies missile, nuclear claims after Trump alleges 'sinister ambitions'

25-02-2026 10:25 Iran dismisses missile, nuclear claims after Trump alleges "sinister ambitions" in key Congress speech; US president says Tehran must make a "meaningful deal" in negotiations with Washington in the next 10 days or else "bad things happen."

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei offers troops for Gaza as Trump launches his 'Board of Peace'

19-02-2026 14:08 Inaugural meeting of the "Board of Peace" created by US President Donald Trump; President Javier Milei offers Argentine peace-keeping troops for deployment in Gaza Strip.

Geopolitics

Trump to charge US$1-billion for permanent 'board of peace' membership

19-01-2026 12:33 Member countries – represented on the board by their head of state – would be allowed to join for three years, or longer if they paid more than US$1 billion within the first year, Trump's charter says.

GUEST COLUMN

Peace in the Middle East: Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is not enough

17-10-2025 08:36 The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is not the last step, but the first step on a long road.

by Marwan Gill

As I see it

Two years after the pogrom

10-10-2025 16:27 Peace would have come to Gaza long ago if Hamas had returned the hundreds of hostages it seized on October 7.

by James Neilson

STRIKES ON IRAN

Trump: Iran nuclear facilities 'completely and totally obliterated'

21-06-2025 23:15 Washington joins Israel's air campaign against Tehran; US President Donald Trump announces US military has launched a "very successful attack" on three Iranian nuclear sites including the Fordo uranium enrichment plant.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Trump and Gaza: No laughing matter

07-02-2025 10:01 What Trump wants to happen in Gaza is downright dangerous and could have dire consequences for a region that has triggered one war after another for decades.

by David Smith

As I see it

Mar-a-Lago on the Med

07-02-2025 09:58 Why is Trump’s suggestion being derided as hopelessly far-fetched and reactionary?

by James Neilson

World

Biden to meet European leaders for talks on Ukraine, Middle East

08-10-2024 08:17 US President Joe Biden will meet the leaders of Germany, France and the United Kingdom in Berlin on Saturday to discuss the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.