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Posted on Mon, April 6, 2015 at 16:51 pm CEST

Iran Goes Ballistic

While discussions of Iran’s growing strategic threat focus almost exclusively on its nuclear capabilities, Tehran’s massive ballistic missile arsenal poses a clear and present danger in the region as well… Read more

Posted on Sat, October 5, 2013 at 13:25 pm CEST

Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al-Khalifa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Addresses General Debate, 68th session, 2013

Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain, addresses the general debate of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly… Continue reading

Posted on Sun, February 10, 2013 at 00:30 am CET

The U.S. versus the ‘Shi’ite Crescent’?

Is U.S. Middle East policy aligned with the ‘Sunni bloc’ in a grand sectarian alliance against the ‘Shi’ite crescent’?… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, April 11, 2012 at 20:47 pm CEST

The Iraqi Model: As Good As It Gets

Iraq is in a mess. Violence continues. Factionalism leads to endless bickering. Corruption is at high levels. Christians live in fear or flee altogether. Islamism is constantly creeping forward… Continue reading

Posted on Mon, April 9, 2012 at 20:52 pm CEST

The Muslim Brotherhood in the United Arab Emirates

Qatar became a Muslim Brotherhood stronghold in 1954, when a group of its activists found refuge there… Continue reading

Posted on Fri, March 2, 2012 at 22:46 pm CET

The New Middle East: Arab versus non-Arab Muslims; Sunni versus Shia

The new Middle East strategic battle is heating up and this is only the start… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, January 25, 2012 at 16:51 pm CET

America and the Arab Spring

A year ago this week, on January 25, 2011, the ground began to crumble under then-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s feet… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, January 4, 2012 at 21:47 pm CET

Sunni versus Shia: The Middle East’s New Strategic Conflict

Conflicts between Sunni and Shia Muslims are not at all new, but… Continue reading

Posted on Fri, December 30, 2011 at 00:17 am CET

After the “Arab Spring”: Will Freedom Take Hold in the Arab World?

At the end of 2011 is anyone in the Arabic-speaking world better off as a result of the upheavals of the Arab Spring… Continue reading

Posted on Mon, December 5, 2011 at 23:34 pm CET

Obama’s Middle East Policy: A Unified Field Theory

Here’s an effort to bring together all of Obama’s regional policy into a single analysis and explaining everything… Continue reading

Posted on Sat, December 3, 2011 at 18:13 pm CET

Overviewing Shi’a-Sunni Conflicts

As we approach the end of the first year of what has been called the Arab Spring… Continue reading

Posted on Sat, December 3, 2011 at 16:59 pm CET

Iranian terrorist cell exposed in Bahrain

A terrorist cell was recently exposed in Bahrain, which according to the Bahraini and… Continue reading

Posted on Thu, November 10, 2011 at 00:42 am CET

How the Obama Administration Helps Kill the Chances for Arab, Turkish, and Iranian Democracy

Does this sound too extreme and alarmist?… Continue reading

Posted on Thu, October 27, 2011 at 00:01 am CEST

Qatar’s Sunni Side

How could Qatar’s foreign policy best be defined during the Arab Spring… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, October 26, 2011 at 01:26 am CEST

Welcome to the Islamist Middle East and It’s Not Going to be Moderate

The New York Times and BBC headlines on the Tunisian elections tell us it is a victory for “moderate Islamists”… Continue reading

Posted on Fri, October 21, 2011 at 00:36 am CEST

What Gaddafi’s Death Teaches the Middle East…And Should Teach the West

What can we learn from the death of Libyan dictator Moammar Qadhafi… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, October 19, 2011 at 22:47 pm CEST

Assessing Bahrain

Critics have often argued that Western nations have been hypocritical in their policies towards Bahrain… Continue reading

Posted on Tue, September 27, 2011 at 14:52 pm CEST

Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

The UAE has played a vital role in international efforts aiming at protecting the people of Libya… Continue reading

Posted on Fri, September 23, 2011 at 17:18 pm CEST

King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

There is no doubt that the world is now entering a new era of important changes… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, September 21, 2011 at 21:57 pm CEST

President Obama Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

There’s one issue that stands as a test for these principles and a test for American foreign policy, and that is the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, June 29, 2011 at 23:44 pm CEST

Israel’s Strategic Standpoint: Mid-2011 and Mid-“Arab Spring”

There are two types of strategic perspectives in Israel today. They aren’t contradictory but they have different priorities… Continue reading

Posted on Mon, May 30, 2011 at 16:12 pm CEST

Iran: Reactions to President Obama’s Speech – “It’s all Words”

President Obama’s Middle East and North Africa speech was met with skepticism in Iran, and said to be an expression of… Continue reading

Posted on Sun, May 29, 2011 at 01:44 am CEST

Syria Murders Hundreds; “Pro-‘Arab Spring'” West Yawns or Supports Syrian Regime

The situation in Syria is terrible. Hundreds of people have been shot; others arrested and tortured… Continue reading

Posted on Sat, May 28, 2011 at 00:02 am CEST

And The New Leader of the Free World Is…Saudi Arabia?

Since the United States is not leading the anti-Islamist forces in the Middle East and protecting the relatively moderate Arab states… Continue reading