In the Media
A selection of Matthew’s recent journalism and commentary — from the Sunday Times, the Spectator, the Washington Post, and beyond.
Recent Coverage
The Washington Post
Iran’s regime can be toppled under these conditions — 25 September 2026
6G is coming. Will China write the rule book? — 10 August 2026
To counter Iranian attacks, the West must understand regime politics — 24 July 2026
The Spectator
I love the BBC, but hated its advert — 21 July 2026
Why can’t ministers admit the truth about what caused the Mandelson scandal? — 2 May 2026
Why the Ayatollahs might be harder to remove than Trump thinks — 7 March 2026
The National
Would a new Israeli government be any different? — 18 September 2026
Iran’s regime may be bad, but it is rational — 7 August 2026
The Sunday Times
The man driving Israel’s settler agenda has wanted this for decades — 12 September 2026
Why settlements on a tiny patch of desert matter so much — 29 August 2026
The ceasefire has expired. How could the US-Iran war escalate? — 22 August 2026
The Gulf states’ reaction to this war exposes fault lines between allies — 1 August 2026
I worked in a besieged Tehran embassy. We’d have drinks as they rioted — 18 July 2026
Trump deal leaves Netanyahu in a bind. Here’s how he might try to escape — 20 June 2026
Netanyahu’s challenger: ‘If children are dying in a war … say sorry’ — 13 June 2026
Netanyahu escalates attacks before Trump’s Iran deal can stop him — 30 May 2026
How Itamar Ben-Gvir rose from crime to cabinet and changed Israel — 23 May 2026
Netanyahu is starting to look like a man who picked a fight and lost — 11 April 2026
How to negotiate with Iran, by a diplomat who succeeded — 28 March 2026
The Netanyahu I knew: ending Iran’s regime is his life’s work — 14 March 2026
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