David Patrikarakos

He is a product — and the embodiment — of twentieth-century conflict

More than two millennia of Jewish history stalks the land that now encompasses the modern state of Iraq

I have come to ask Lévy about the future of the West — if, that is, he feels there will be one

The US withdrawal has helped Tehran solve its most pressing problem

The situation is so bleak that the regime — for which mendacity is perennial policy — doesn’t even bother denying it