‘It looks like the whole regime, including the Russian armed forces, was just one big Potemkin village’
By Paul Wood
It’s hard to wag your finger over human rights while your other hand is begging for oil
By Paul Wood
The fate of Belarus’s Alexander Lukashenko now depends on Ukraine
By Paul Wood
‘Putin is at the peak of his happiness. Everything depends on him. He’s the king of the world’
By Paul Wood
At four months old, Rahilla was bought by a wealthy goat trader, a man in his fifties.
By Paul Wood
Had Dante been alive today, he would have reserved an inner circle of hell for the bureaucrats
By Paul Wood
The late secretary of state was the salesman for a war he didn’t believe in
By Paul Wood
The true cost of the disaster in Iraq may still have to be paid
By Paul Wood
The government is clinging to the fiction that the currency is worth many times its real value
By Paul Wood
Ebrahim Raisi was — and remains — Iran’s hanging judge
By Paul Wood
The Afghan security forces have been deeply demoralized for a long time
By Paul Wood
What did the US intelligence agencies know and when did they know it?
By Paul Wood
The Lebanese are living through a terrible economic experiment
By Paul Wood
