China opposes expanded sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program according to leaked wikileaks cables… Continue reading
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Iranian speculations on Egypt’s Islamists: Shi’ite-style revolutionaries or Turkish-style democrats?
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Here’s an effort to bring together all of Obama’s regional policy into a single analysis and explaining everything… Continue reading
As we approach the end of the first year of what has been called the Arab Spring… Continue reading
A terrorist cell was recently exposed in Bahrain, which according to the Bahraini and… Continue reading
To preface, when it comes to global petroleum supplies, a distinction is drawn between… Continue reading
Jordan’s King Abdullah II arrived in Ramallah at very short notice for his first visit in more than a decade… 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
The Assad regime suffered a major shock when self-styled “Free Syrian Army” deserters firing shoulder-borne rockets and… Continue reading
I think there is going to be less coordination with the West and therefore a chance of more misunderstandings… Continue reading
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Critics have often argued that Western nations have been hypocritical in their policies towards Bahrain… Continue reading
Remember that Hillary Clinton ad about it being the early morning hours and the phone’s ringing in the White House… Continue reading
ABC News has broken a story about the disruption of a major Iran-backed terrorist plot to stage an attack on U.S. soil… Continue reading
The tempest which Israel had tensely anticipated for September in the wake of a Palestinian bid for unilateral UN recognition of their state… Continue reading
Since much of what I write about regional politics seems pessimistic… Continue reading
Iranian media have recently taken a critical stance on the change in Turkey’s policy towards Syria… Continue reading
There are two types of strategic perspectives in Israel today. They aren’t contradictory but they have different priorities… Continue reading
In the absence of U.S. leadership, others want to direct the Middle East… Continue reading
For the first time in its exceedingly long history, Yemen now threatens the outside world… Continue reading
President Obama’s Middle East and North Africa speech was met with skepticism in Iran, and said to be an expression of… Continue reading
I think I’ve made a breakthrough in understanding President Barack Obama’s foreign policy of punishing friends, rewarding enemies, and… Continue reading
Since the United States is not leading the anti-Islamist forces in the Middle East and protecting the relatively moderate Arab states… Continue reading
President Barack Obama’s big Middle East speech is extraordinarily important. I think that it has been largely misinterpreted… Continue reading
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Hello Mike, Thank you for your positive feedback to the article. I felt there wasn’t too much critical analysis of ...
Thanks for this considered and well constructed article. A follow up article on the manner in which the editorial contro...
THE CLUELESSNESS OF CLAIMING THAT OBAMA'S MIDDLE EAST POLICIES WERE A FAILURE CANNOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH, WHAT THE...
As long as Obama is the president of the usa do not trust the us government......
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