Brazil's political scene has devolved into violence. Former President Jair Bolsonaro's threats and recent violent attacks by his supporters are endangering Brazilian democracy. Learn more in this report by grantee Christopher de Bellaigue for The New York Review of Books. pulitzercenter.org/stories/brazil…

In “Iran’s Grand Strategy,” Vali Nasr examines the ideas and experiences shaping Tehran’s conduct and outlook. Read Christopher de Bellaigue’s review: foreignaffairs.com/reviews/what-i…

The great Kathryn Hughes has made me blush with her lovely review of the Golden Throne: 'sticking closely to the written records,' she writes, '[de Bellaigue] deploys the skills of the novelist to bring the archive thrillingly to life.' theguardian.com/books/2025/feb…

#erdogan's arrest of his main rival #imamoğlu is cleverly timed when the world is distracted and #NATO needs Turkey's military might. Years ago he described democracy not as a goal but a vehicle: it takes you where you want and you get off. Now he has got off.

Trump has praised him for taking over Syria. Putin calls him ‘the plug for every barrel’. Read Christopher de Bellaigue on Erdoğan’s plan for perpetual power👇 buff.ly/mk9i9V1

Can America tame Iran? ⁦Vali Nasr⁩ ⁦Trita Parsi⁩ ⁦Ali Vaez⁩ ⁦⁦Kasra Naji⁩ unherd.com/2025/04/can-am…

Speaking about Suleyman the Magnificent is almost as fun as writing about him. Have a listen to my HistoryExtra conversation with the excellent Spencer Mizen.

Christopher de Bellaigue (Christopher de Bellaigue) on the surprising prospect of a US–Iranian détente go.nybooks.com/4dbk6RY

'I want to make a deal with Iran,' says Trump in Saudi. Here's how transformative this could be. nybooks.com/articles/2025/…

It's time for the young to own the climate crisis - it's their future that's going up in smoke unherd.com/2025/05/is-net…

‘An infantilised and emasculated youth is no driver of revolutionary change.’ Can the kids save the planet? Christopher de Bellaigue👇 buff.ly/A9cieUn

'This is an illegal aggression.' The former ambassador to Iran, Richard Dalton, claims Israel's strikes on the country are 'in breach of every legal requirement for a pre-emptive attack'.

محسن میلانی، استاد علوم سیاسی دانشگاه فلوریدای جنوبی: برنامه تغییر رژیم نتانیاهو در شرایط کنونی بعید است.

Learn from Iraq, says ⁦Sohrab Ahmari⁩ in this excellent UnHerd piece: the result of outside intervention is chaos unherd.com/2025/06/the-re…

Israeli journalist Gideon Levy educating the world on the sickness that is the Israeli people!

Christopher de Bellaigue tells it like it is: millions of Iranians hate Khamenei for his callousness & driving #Iran to the brink of disaster. But, if they are forced to choose between a foreign beast & a domestic monster, a great many will choose the latter. #Israel thetimes.com/world/middle-e…

⁦UnHerd⁩ published my piece explaining how the effects of the Gazan catastrophe could detonate the Middle East, with Israel itself the ultimate casualty. unherd.com/2025/08/the-mi…

This woman, dancing in Rasht, in northern Iran, to a song in praise of the charms of a girl called Rana, captures the inextinguishable spirit of the Iranian people at a time of acute national peril.

Lunch at the Bagdadi restaurant in south Bombay. The menu board is from 1936, when the owner's grandfather set up this magnificent family business. And do not fear, cow lovers, the beef fry is nothing of the sort. It's buffalo meat and they have the lab analysis to prove it!

Rewilding Rory Stewart. Deeply rooted in the landscape of the Borders, The Rest Is Politics co-host is a rural romantic at heart. By Christopher de Bellaigue newstatesman.com/culture/books/…