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March 2026

War with Iran is the Last Thing Europe Needed
Energy prices are skyrocketing, Trump has threatened NATO, and Ukraine is pushed down on the agenda. What can European countries actually do to avoid…
 • Luke Johnson and Dave Keating
26:16
Trump's Latest Iran Threat Borrows From Putin's Playbook
Why threatening power plants won't cause Iran to back down.
 • Luke Johnson
How the Iran War Gives Zelenskyy Cards
Talking with CNN contributor Frida Ghitis about Ukraine's role in defending the Gulf...and where we are with the war
 • Luke Johnson and Frida Ghitis
30:06
Trump's War of Choice in Iran Might Save Putin's War of Choice in Ukraine
Relieving sanctions is a huge win for Moscow, and if oil prices stay high, Putin will gain a windfall for his aggressive war in Ukraine
 • Luke Johnson
Vladimir Putin is Winning the Iran War
Rumors of Russia's global demise are greatly exaggerated
 • Luke Johnson
Q&A: Journalist Anand Gopal Tells the Story of a Democratic Experiment in Syria
How a city overthrew Assad, and then tried to build a democracy from scratch
 • Luke Johnson
Regime Change is a Bell That Cannot Be Unrung
Trump and his administration are backpedaling in their backing for a democratic uprising in Iran, but it's not clear what else the goal might have been
 • Luke Johnson

February 2026

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