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Patrick Cockburn

Patrick Cockburn is an award-winning columnist specialising in the Middle East. A foreign correspondent in Moscow, Washington, Jerusalem, Belfast, Beirut and Baghdad, Patrick is also the author of nine books, including The Rise of Islamic State, which was translated into 18 languages. He wrote with his son Henry the best-selling Henry’s Demons: Living with Schizophrenia, which was a finalist for the Costa Books Award. His latest book, Behind Enemy Lies, was published in October.

Article thumbnail: FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on monitors as he addresses the nation after Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, called for armed rebellion and reached the southern city of Rostov-on-Don with his troops, in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. The armed rebellion by a powerful mercenary group against the Russian military was over in less than 24 hours, but the disarray within the enemy???s ranks was an unexpected morale-boosting gift for Ukraine ??? at a time when its armed forces needed it the most. (Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
Patrick Cockburn
Analysis

Prigozhin’s bizarre mutiny weakens Putin. But it won’t make much difference on the battlefield

Despite Russia’s divisions, there is little sign yet of Ukraine breaking through its fortified lines

Patrick Cockburn

Wagner mutiny is a humiliation for Putin - and shows Russia buckling under strain of long war

Patrick Cockburn

The Ben Roberts-Smith war crimes scandal shows why powerful armies fail

Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 15: Attorney General Suella Braverman returns to Downing Street following the weekly Cabinet meeting at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office on September 15, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Patrick Cockburn

Donald Trump’s bombastic claim he’ll end the Ukraine war might just win him the election

Patrick Cockburn

Authoritarian rule and religious conservatism: why Turkey can't say goodbye to Erdogan

Article thumbnail: Even though councils can do less than they once did, they can still do something – and that something can make a crucial difference for those who have tipped into poverty. This is all the more dire because it is basic foodstuffs like rice and pasta that have risen most in price (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Even though councils can do less than they once did, they can still do something – and that something can make a crucial difference for those who have tipped into poverty. This is all the more dire because it is basic foodstuffs like rice and pasta that have risen most in price (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Supporters of Gulen movement take part in a protest outside the Kanalturk and Bugun TV building in Istanbul, Turkey, October 28, 2015. Turkish police on Wednesday stormed the offices of an opposition media company, days before an election, in a crackdown on companies linked to a U.S.-based cleric and foe of President Tayyip Erdogan, live footage showed. Brawls broke out and police sprayed water cannon to disperse dozens of people in front of the offices of Kanalturk and Bugun TV in Istanbul, a live broadcast on Bugun's website showed. The media groups are owned by Koza Ipek Holding, which has links to Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen. REUTERS/Osman Orsal
Article thumbnail: Supporters of Gulen movement take part in a protest outside the Kanalturk and Bugun TV building in Istanbul, Turkey, October 28, 2015. Turkish police on Wednesday stormed the offices of an opposition media company, days before an election, in a crackdown on companies linked to a U.S.-based cleric and foe of President Tayyip Erdogan, live footage showed. Brawls broke out and police sprayed water cannon to disperse dozens of people in front of the offices of Kanalturk and Bugun TV in Istanbul, a live broadcast on Bugun's website showed. The media groups are owned by Koza Ipek Holding, which has links to Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen. REUTERS/Osman Orsal
Article thumbnail: CAIRO, EGYPT - FEBRUARY 01: A youth waves Egyptian flags from a lamp post in Tahrir Square on February 1, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian army has said it will not fire on protestors as they gather in large numbers in central Cairo. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: CAIRO, EGYPT - FEBRUARY 01: A youth waves Egyptian flags from a lamp post in Tahrir Square on February 1, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian army has said it will not fire on protestors as they gather in large numbers in central Cairo. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: People prepare to board a bus departing from Khartoum in the Sudanese capital's south on April 24, 2023, as battles rage in the city between the army and paramilitaries. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: People prepare to board a bus departing from Khartoum in the Sudanese capital's south on April 24, 2023, as battles rage in the city between the army and paramilitaries. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)