Lessons From the First Gulf War; A Last Chance for Hungary; How the Iran War Will Upend the Global Economy
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How a Cease-Fire Can Lead to Disaster

The First Gulf War’s Lessons for What to Do—and Not Do—in Iran

 By Daniel Chardell and Samuel Helfont

 

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A Last Chance for Hungary

Orban’s Mafia State Could Fall—or Cement Itself

By Bálint Madlovics and Bálint Magyar

 
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How the Iran War Will Upend the Global Economy

The Risk Is Not Just an Energy Shock—but Also a Debt Crisis

By Henry Tugendhat

 

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Will the Cease-Fire With Iran Hold?

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America Has Lost the Arab World

Wars in Gaza, Iran, and Elsewhere Have Sunk Washington’s Reputation—Maybe for Good

By Amaney A. Jamal and Michael Robbins