Conflict
Tony Blair is having second thoughts on war
The former prime minister's doctrine of liberal interventionism shaped two decades of conflict. Now, as the west's power is waning, he says it needs updating
The lonely prosecutor: one man’s historic fight for justice in central Africa
A small, landlocked nation, the Central African Republic has been blighted by a succession of vicious conflicts since gaining independence from France in 1960. Now, a former military attorney general is fighting for recompense
View from Sudan: Uprisings, a state of emergency and the long shadow of history
Does anyone have the vision to restore this complex country?
“It’s what we do”: inside Marie Colvin's quest to bear witness
Marie Colvin put everything on the line to report the truth about war— even when there was no way out, says her friend Lyse Doucet
Listen: Mary Roach on the science of humans at war
The author speaks to Chris Tilbury, Prospect's Production Editor, about her new book
If this Syrian ceasefire fails, there is not a “plan B”
It is still unclear which groups the "ceasefire" will apply to
Give war a chance
There is a new fashion, after Iraq and Afghanistan, for saying we should let civil wars burn themselves out. But that’s not an option
Hope in the Middle East
Four reasons why the region may extract itself from chaos
Israel: A tragedy that has been a long time coming
Two Prospect cover stories on the fatal complexity of the Middle East peace process
The new cold war
Iran versus Saudi Arabia—how far will it go?