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Lawrence Freedman

Lawrence Freedman

Financial Times

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Donald Trump is making peace in Ukraine harder

03.12.2025 10

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Lawrence Freedman

Will Iran surrender?

18.06.2025 10

New Statesman

Lawrence Freedman

Trump’s nuclear test

05.06.2025 10

New Statesman

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Donald Trump’s nuclear test

11.04.2025 10

New Statesman

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Europe’s diplomacy problem

07.03.2025 10

New Statesman

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The threat of peace

19.02.2025 10

New Statesman

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Trump has put the ball back in Putin’s court on Ukraine

The Russian president has to decide whether he is prepared to sacrifice some of his maximalist demands

14.02.2025 20

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The tragedy of the Democratic Republic of Congo

10.02.2025 30

New Statesman

Lawrence Freedman

Can the West guarantee Ukraine’s security?

31.01.2025 20

New Statesman

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4. The myth of negotiated peace

14.01.2025 10

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Will Israel strike Iran’s nuclear programme?

13.01.2025 10

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Could Donald Trump end the war in Ukraine this year?

02.01.2025 10

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Could Trump secure a peace deal with Iran?

29.11.2024 5

New Statesman

Lawrence Freedman

The return of the Trump doctrine

11.11.2024 8

New Statesman

Lawrence Freedman

The retaliatory cycle has Iran and Israel firmly in its grip

Speculation about targets is growing as the region grapples with what comes next

04.10.2024 1

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Lawrence Freedman

The decapitation of Hezbollah

28.09.2024 2

New Statesman

Lawrence Freedman

The Middle East on the brink

25.09.2024 4

New Statesman

Lawrence Freedman

Who’s winning now?

23.08.2024 5

New Statesman

Lawrence Freedman

Ukraine’s incursion disrupts Putin’s war of attempted conquest

Russia may be forced to rethink its claim that any peace deal must take account of who controls territory on the ground

16.08.2024 1

Financial Times

Lawrence Freedman

The assassination of Ismail Haniyeh might make no difference

03.08.2024 2

New Statesman

Lawrence Freedman