Opinion & Analysis
Opinion articles and political analysis by Dr. Salem Alketbi on Gulf, Arab, Iranian and international affairs.
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Iran
Iran’s Mullahs and their Missiles: Between Threatening and Blackmailing
Recently, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said his country considers its missile program a symbol of its strength. He said…
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Extremism
The Same Old International Terrorism and Iran
The mullahs of Iran are associated to international terrorism the same way you think Brazil when you hear soccer. No…
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The Arab League: A Difficult Past, a Complex Reality
Hardly mentioned in political forums, the Arab League is subject to debate about its effectiveness, past and present roles. Arab…
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Yemen
The Year of Arab Will
In the anniversary of the historic decision of the leadership of Saudi Arabia to launch the Decisive Storm Operation on…
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UAE
India … An Important International Power to the Arab World
There is no doubt that the recent visit by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of…
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United States
Trump…An Imminent Threat to the World…!!
Yesterday the Economist Intelligence Unit, a renowned British think tank came up with a strategic assessment stating that the election…
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‘Daesh’, which is Approaching Oblivion
I followed much of what was written and published on the motives for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria…
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Extremism
Terrorism…An Extended Battle
After every terrorist crime in a country or geographic region in the Arab world, some people come to wonder: did…
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UAE
Why Do You Turn against the Emirates, Abadi?
In mid-December 2014, after nearly four months of his tenure as Prime Minister in Iraq, Haider al-Abadi, Prime Minister of…
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Iran
Jaafari and the Sectarian Understanding of Iraqi Sovereignty
I do not think that there is something that could prevent Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Iraq’s Foreign Minister, from seeing things correctly…
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