David Patrikarakos

London, Yamoussoukro

Contributing Editor at The Daily Beast

Freelance Contributor at POLITICO Europe

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Writer. Books: ‘War in 140 Characters' & 'Nuclear Iran.' Foreign Correspondent, @UnHerd. Special Correspondent, @DailyMail. Host @90stmpod.

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Inside Britain's most segregated city: Areas where nearly half the adults can't speak English, restaurants with women eating behind curtains and deprived streets where imported religious warfare threatens to break-out... DAVID PATRIKARAKOS | Daily Mail On

5 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | David Patrikarakos

His kofia, the flat cylindrical hat favoured by Somali Muslims, gleams white as he picks me up at the station. A flowing kameez tunic gathers in his lap beneath the steering wheel. ‘Welcome to Leicester, sharif [Sir]!’ says ‘Ahmed’ with a grin. Originally from Somalia, Ahmed – he doesn’t want me to use his real name – is a publisher, amateur historian and part-time imam. He will be my guide to the city. ‘Are you a meat person?’ he asks.
Inside Britain's most segregated city: Areas where nearly half the adults speak little or no English, restaurants with women eating behind curtains and deprived streets where imported religious warfare threatens to break out... DAVID PATRIKARAKOS | This i

5 days ago | thisismoney.co.uk | David Patrikarakos

His kofia, the flat cylindrical hat favoured by Somali Muslims, gleams white as he picks me up at the station. A flowing kameez tunic gathers in his lap beneath the steering wheel. ‘Welcome to Leicester, sharif [Sir]!’ says ‘Ahmed’ with a grin. Originally from Somalia, Ahmed – he doesn’t want me to use his real name – is a publisher, amateur historian and part-time imam. He will be my guide to the city. ‘Are you a meat person?’ he asks.
DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: The terrifying escalation between India and Pakistan represents a global threat like no other. Locals will die, but this is why I fear we could all pay the price | Daily Mail Online

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | David Patrikarakos

India and Pakistan are lobbing hardware at each other once again. And it should terrify us all. In the wars between Israel and Islamist militants, or Ukraine and Russia -brutal and bloody as they may be - there is only one nuclear-armed belligerent. Unfair perhaps, but it precludes the possibility of total annihilation. Here, however, we have two such powers. India and Pakistan have long understood each other’s nuclear doctrine.
The covert war waged against Iran on British streets

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Rory Tingle |Tom Cotterill |David Patrikarakos

The arrests of seven Iranians in two major anti-terror operations over the weekend coincide with growing concern about the rogue state's activities on British soil. A covert war is currently being waged by UK security forces to try to prevent Iran from targeting its enemies on our streets. The shocking scale of this threat was made clear last year by MI5 director general Ken McCallum, who said spies and police had identified 20 credible Iranian plots to kill or kidnap people in the UK since 2022.
The sinister reach of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Tom Cotterill |David Patrikarakos

Whitehall is today facing mounting pressure to take action against Iran's sinister Islamic Revolutionary Guard amid fears it backed a foiled terror attack against Britain. Since 2022, UK counter-terrorism police have identified more than 20 credible Iranian threats to kill or kidnap people in the UK.
Why do our politicians refuse to take the threat posed by Iran in the UK seriously? asks DAVID PATRIKARAKOS

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | David Patrikarakos

Once again, news of yet another Iranian terror plot on British soil. And once again, the authorities are left scrambling in the wake of an international army of terror we should have hammered years ago. Since 2022, UK counterterrorism police have identified more than 20 credible Iranian threats to kill or kidnap people here. Police have not yet brought charges, but they are searching several properties in London, Manchester and Swindon. More will come out, and what comes out will be chilling.
The Arctic Great Game is afoot

1 week ago | unherd.com | David Patrikarakos

ChinadiverseGeopoliticsGreat GamegreenlandTrumpUSAWar The sound of gunfire echoes across the ocean. We’re the only boat out on this patch of the Arctic, which is roiling with waves in the lunchtime heat; and we are not under attack. But a thunderous crack, eerily like a gunshot, is what you hear when an iceberg breaks.
The Arctic Great Game is afoot

1 week ago | unherd.com | David Patrikarakos

ChinadiverseGeopoliticsGreat GamegreenlandTrumpUSAWar The sound of gunfire echoes across the ocean. We’re the only boat out on this patch of the Arctic, which is roiling with waves in the lunchtime heat; and we are not under attack. But a thunderous crack, eerily like a gunshot, is what you hear when an iceberg breaks.
Who is preventing peace in Ukraine?

1 month ago | unherd.com | David Patrikarakos

Donald TrumpEuropeUkraineVladimir PutinWar Odesa’s historic city centre remains under daily Russian bombardment. Each night, we wake to news of yet another drone or missile attack. But so far the air defences, like Ukraine, hold out. And the yellow and blue flags fly defiantly from the city buildings. Everyone wants to talk about Donald Trump, possible US betrayal and whether there really is now an end in sight to this war.
'The U.S. has betrayed Ukraine, betrayed our democracy - and the values of freedom', frontline soldiers tell DAVID PATRIKARAKOS

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | David Patrikarakos

The sky is lost to Russian drones. Sometimes their buzzing sound gets so close that it seems almost to burrow into you. On the ground, their troops are swarming the Ukrainian right flank. That was the scene last week in the Russian region of Kursk, which the Ukrainians entered last August. Today, the situation is dire. Their soldiers are dying in the mud every day.