How Power Works: Iran and the deeper forces driving US military action
The military-industrial complex remains in full swing, but there are other hidden factors that increase the propensity to use military force
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How Power Works: Iran: why do we allow states to wage war?
Mar 17, 2026
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How Power Works: Iran - how governments justify war
We can all agree that Trump or Netanyahu are monstrous, but why do we give them - or rather states - the right to kill in the first place?
Syria: no ceasefire, attacks continue, a feckless 'West' puts all of us at risk
Jan 22, 2026
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The letter below was sent to the UN late last night by Ilham Ahmed, representative of the autonomous administration of North East Syria. The Security Council is due to discuss Syria today, 22 January. Of course, the al-Sharaa government (which is what I think we should call it now, not the ‘Syrian g...
