Con Coughlin

Con Coughlin

Defence and Foreign Affairs Editor

Con Coughlin is the author of several books on the Middle East, as well Winston Churchill's First War: Young Winston at War with the Afghans. He also writes for The Wall Street Journal and The Atlantic Monthly.

Hamas has mastered the Iranian hostage playbook

Thanks in part to Biden, the terror group may well succeed in stopping Israel from winning militarily

Con Coughlin 30 Nov 2023, 6:00am

Israel is winning. It won’t give up the fight now

The Hamas hostage deal is unlikely to lead to a broader ceasefire. Jerusalem knows it has to emerge victorious

Con Coughlin 22 Nov 2023, 8:00pm
Hamas has lost the war. It may yet win the peace

Arab nations must accept who was responsible for this conflict if a lasting solution is to be found in the region

Con Coughlin 19 Nov 2023, 8:00am
The weak-willed West is conspiring to sell out Ukraine

American and European leaders have tired of Kyiv’s demands, and are ready to betray Zelensky’s fighters

Con Coughlin 16 Nov 2023, 6:00am

In Ukraine and Gaza, the West has chosen defeat

We’re in danger of missing a rare chance to inflict crushing military blows against our worst enemies

Con Coughlin 9 Nov 2023, 6:00am
The West may be too weak for the fight against Hamas

It took years to eliminate Islamic State and al-Qaeda. But already many want Israel to accept a ceasefire

Con Coughlin 2 Nov 2023, 7:00am
Iran is now flirting with its own destruction

The West shouldn’t allow the ayatollahs to get away with targeting Israel via their terrorist proxies

Con Coughlin 26 Oct 2023, 6:00am
The Hamas terrorists must now be destroyed

The West has to give Israel all the support it needs to ensure the group suffers the same fate as Al-Qaeda

Con Coughlin 12 Oct 2023, 7:00am
To Iran’s delight, the attack on Israel will also knock Saudis’ move West off course

Tehran will see the atrocities as inflicting terminal damage on the delicate peace talks involving the US and its main regional rival

By Con Coughlin 9 Oct 2023, 8:00pm
Punish Iran for this despicable attack on Israeli civilians

For years, its leaders have funded Hamas in their twisted mission to destroy the Jewish state

Con Coughlin 7 Oct 2023, 2:37pm

To Putin’s relish, Ukraine’s support is crumbling

Western leaders are losing the will to fight on, even if Kyiv’s commanders remain as steadfast as ever

Con Coughlin 5 Oct 2023, 7:00am
Germany is jeopardising the security of the West

The Saudis are a vital ally. We should sell them jets to ensure they remain on our side, not that of China

Con Coughlin 28 Sep 2023, 6:00am
The Russian empire is crumbling before Putin’s eyes

Moscow’s inability to stop the latest outbreak of violence by Azerbaijan shows its waning power

Con Coughlin 20 Sep 2023, 8:00pm
Putin may just have made his greatest blunder yet

The Russian president is playing with fire by seeking a closer relationship with the unstable Kim regime

Con Coughlin 14 Sep 2023, 7:00am
Britain is pretending Iran isn’t an enemy state

The UK has finally labelled Wagner a terrorist group, but we are failing to act against Tehran’s militants

Con Coughlin 7 Sep 2023, 6:00am
Ben Wallace was the most important defence secretary in decades

His tenure covered a number of major global security crises - especially Ukraine - which proved instrumental on the world stage

Con Coughlin 31 Aug 2023, 11:52am
China’s bid for world domination has backfired

President Xi Jinping’s ability to influence global events is fading thanks to economic crisis at home

Con Coughlin 30 Aug 2023, 7:53pm
Brics is now a motley crew of failing states

From Russia to China and Brazil, these nations face major problems, with the notable exception of India

Con Coughlin 24 Aug 2023, 6:00am
The Left’s cowardly anti-Semitism hides behind criticism of Israel

4/5

As Jake Wallis Simons’s timely Israelophobia reveals, the Left’s obsession with Israel is simply the oldest hatred under a new name

By Con Coughlin 18 Aug 2023, 6:00pm
Putin’s plot to split the West may be succeeding

The Kremlin is now using every tool it can find to foment divisions within the Nato military alliance

Con Coughlin 17 Aug 2023, 6:00am
The West doesn’t want Ukraine to beat Russia

Kyiv’s counter-offensive is stalling because of its lack of equipment and holes in the EU’s sanctions regime

Con Coughlin 27 Jul 2023, 6:00am
The UK has decided to give up fighting wars

The disturbing thinking behind slashing the Army is that Britain should no longer ‘do intervention’

Con Coughlin 20 Jul 2023, 6:00am