Nic Robertson

Nic Robertson

Nic Robertson is CNN's international diplomatic editor
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More than 100,000 Israelis marched across the country on Saturday, demanding their government make a deal with Hamas to release hostages. AP
Israel’s intractable campaign in Gaza has left it a country on edge

The country’s right-wing government is vulnerable amid an increasingly intractable war

April 07, 2024
Rockets are fired towards Israel from the Gaza Strip on Sunday. AP Photo
Unprecedented isn't enough to describe this Israel-Gaza war

Yet when I take the long view, there is the sense of something familiar

October 09, 2023
A protestor draped in an Israeli flag takes part in a demonstration against a judicial reform bill outside the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on Monday. The bill will reduce judges' ability to overrule government decisions and appointments. Bloomberg
Israel's judicial overhaul is shaking the country's foundations

Right-wing ministers' divisive project is alienating allies abroad and undermining unity at home

July 28, 2023
Relatives mourn the victims of an explosion during a mass funeral ceremony in Kabul, on July 7, 2021. Reuters
American missteps are setting the stage for a more complex Afghan war

As the Taliban gains ground, the morale of Afghan forces is suffering

July 12, 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump give a joint news conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on Monday, July 16, 2018. Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP
Never before has one leader given so much for so little, at the cost of so many

Not only has Mr Trump betrayed US intelligence services by putting himself ahead of his country but he is also betraying his allies, writes Nic Robertson

July 22, 2018