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Business News > Mint Authors > Marcus Walker

Marcus Walker

ARTICLES BY MARCUS WALKER

A Palestinian flag displayed early this year at an encampment in the Gaza Strip. Photo: Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images

World sees hope for a two-state solution. Israelis and Palestinians see none.

6 min read . 21 Sept 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP)

Putin wagers Ukraine’s army will break before his economy does

5 min read . 06 Sept 2025

Ukrainian officers and infantrymen complain of a centralized command culture that often punishes initiative and wastes men’s lives. (AFP)

Ukraine’s once nimble army is mired in Soviet decision-making

14 min read . 13 Aug 2025

Lt. Col. Yehor Derevianko, a battalion commander in Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanized Brigade. Photographs by Manu Brabo for WSJ

See how drones are dominating every corner of the war in Ukraine

8 min read . 22 Jul 2025

The president is betting the threat of reducing access to the American consumer will force nations to capitulate on his political priorities.

Trump doubles down on using tariffs as tool of American power

5 min read . 11 Jul 2025

Smokes rises from a building of the Soroka hospital complex after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran in Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, 19 June. Iranian ballistic missile attacks haven’t caused major damage in Israel, given the country’s robust air defenses. (AP)

Israel tests theory that war can’t be won with air power alone

7 min read . 20 Jun 2025

Cardinals seek stable successor to Francis, balancing progressives/conservatives.

Who might succeed Pope Francis?

6 min read . 22 Apr 2025

Palestinians inspect the destruction of a house hit by an Israeli strike in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP/PTI)

A leadership crisis is compounding the decline of the Palestinian cause

5 min read . 08 Apr 2025

Israeli military vehicles maneuvered inside the Gaza Strip before a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas went into effect on Sunday. AMIR COHEN/REUTERS

Israel enters truce stronger but with unfulfilled goal: Destroying Hamas

7 min read . 20 Jan 2025

Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel. (AP)

Military gains strengthen Netanyahu’s hand, but Israelis remain divided

4 min read . 22 Oct 2024

The death of Yahya Sinwar is Israel’s most tangible win in a year of fighting in Gaza.

Sinwar’s death gives Israel a choice: To pursue war or peace

5 min read . 18 Oct 2024

Hannah Lynch with her father Photo: Lynch Family

It sank in 15 minutes. How tragedy struck Mike Lynch’s yacht.

10 min read . 24 Aug 2024

Street scenes of the Jenin refugee camp. (Image:WSJ)

Way to fix Middle East conflict looks obvious—except to Israelis, Palestinians

12 min read . 19 Aug 2024

A left coalition that came together unexpectedly ahead of France's snap elections won the most parliamentary seats in the vote, according to polling projections Sunday. The surprise projections put President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance in second and the far right in third. (AP Photo)

Europe’s new politics: nobody is popular

5 min read . 09 Jul 2024

Giorgia Meloni has embraced EU institutions and sought to change policies from within, including on immigration.. Photographer: Stephanie Gengotti/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

Italy’s prime minister shows how far-right parties can go mainstream

4 min read . 13 Jun 2024

Israel’s response has killed more than 33,000 people in Gaza, most of them noncombatants, according to Palestinian health authorities. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

Israel wins Gaza battles but risks losing the war

8 min read . 12 Apr 2024

Smoke rises over Gaza following an explosion, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Israel, March 26, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (REUTERS)

Repeated raids in Gaza raise prospect of endless war

4 min read . 26 Mar 2024

Palestinians walk past destroyed houses in the Gaza Strip’s Jabalia refugee camp. MAHMOUD ISSA/REUTERS

Hamas Is Losing Every Battle in Gaza. It Still Thinks It Could Win the War.

12 min read . 29 Feb 2024

An Israeli tank in southern Israel along the border with the Gaza Strip this week. (Photo: Getty Images)

Israel’s war with Hamas has no end in sight

7 min read . 26 Jan 2024

Smoke billowed over the Lebanese village of Odaisseh during Israeli bombardment on Saturday. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

A war in all but name simmers at Israel-Lebanon border

9 min read . 23 Jan 2024