Chris Read C.J.Read@warwick.ac.uk C.J.Read@warwick.ac.uk Chris Read is Professor in Twentieth-Century European History at the University of Warwick. Most Recent Putin Meets Assad in Moscow – and Runs Rings Around his Western Critics Chris Read Latest Articles 1 Israel’s War on Hunger: Starvation as a Weapon in Gaza by Sarah Neumann 2 The Drone That Shook the Bomb: Ukraine Shreds Nuclear Deterrence by Alex Mazzone 3 Iran Shoots Back—and the West Loses Its Mind by Binoy Kampmark 4 Noodles, Debt, and Deference: Trump s China Charm Offensive by Tom Clifford 5 The Sultan’s Shadow: Erdogan’s Middle East Ambitions Tested by Gerald Walker