I’ve been interviewed a number of times, for example, by Iraqi journalists. But this time there was a different kind of question at the end of the interview… Continue reading
This article provides an overview of Iraq’s oil and gas industry, focusing in particular on its history since 2003 under the Coalition Provisional Authority and the sovereign Iraqi government… Continue reading
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
The new Middle East strategic battle is heating up and this is only the start… Continue reading
Until now, Turkey’s presence in Iraq has generally been encouraged by all major Iraqi groups… Continue reading
A year ago this week, on January 25, 2011, the ground began to crumble under then-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s feet… Continue reading
The region-wide upheaval known as “the Arab Spring” would make it seem that terrorism, especially Islamist terrorism, is pretty much as dead as are its thousands of victims… Continue reading
A little man stood on the stage in a British university hall… Continue reading
In the course of the present unrest across the Middle East and North Africa… Continue reading
Ali Daqduq was recently handed over to the Iraqi administration… Continue reading
Conflicts between Sunni and Shia Muslims are not at all new, but… Continue reading
Thus far the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has weathered the storm that has swept across the Middle East… Continue reading
As we approach the end of the first year of what has been called the Arab Spring… Continue reading
The Islamists in Seidnaya responsible for the riots were part of a cadre of inmates sent to Iraq sometime after 2003 to fight with the insurgency… Continue reading
To preface, when it comes to global petroleum supplies, a distinction is drawn between… Continue reading
Assad resisted Iranian arguments for closer bilateral coordination in Iraq and Yemen and flatly rejected being drawn into a war between Iran and Israel… Continue reading
Syria in 2009 continued political support to Palestinian terrorist groups… Continue reading
Bashar al-Assad is apparently aiming to destabilize Turkey… Continue reading
Turkish government representatives insist that they want to develop good ties in all directions… Continue reading
The Turkish government has now responded with one of its largest counterinsurgency operations in years… Continue reading
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