Opinion & Analysis
Opinion articles and political analysis by Dr. Salem Alketbi on Gulf, Arab, Iranian and international affairs.
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Two-state solution: Lapid’s speech and the Palestinian position
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s speech to the UN General Assembly and his call for a two-state solution has sparked…
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After Russia’s nuclear threat, what’s next?
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats to use nuclear weapons if Ukraine tries to block plans to annex Russian-controlled southern and…
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Can Israel put the kibosh on a nuclear Iran?
The tone of political discourse differs little among leaders and political parties when it comes to preventing Iran from acquiring…
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Iran and the last chapter of the nuclear saga
Negotiations to revive the nuclear deal are just a few meters away from the endgame and the announcement of the…
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Will a united Europe bear the brunt of the Ukraine crisis?
There are growing signs that the division on the European continent is widening over how to deal with Russia in…
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Iran’s reckless adventures
Iranian regime leaders’ delusion of grandeur seems to drive them to serious strategic mistakes and uncalculated adventures at a time…
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Oil Prices and International Competition
Anyone who follows the international debate on oil and gas prices will find that the Western consumer countries, which are…
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Why everyone’s in a stew over the nuclear deal?
Israel’s tough stance on the renewal of the nuclear agreement echoes the GCC countries’, with possibly different responses and tactics…
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Israel-US relations soured by nuclear deal?
Those who believe that Israeli-American relations could fall victim to the new arrangements between Washington and Tehran to revive the…
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Europe’s troubled times and the cost of freedom
Recently, warnings and appeals from European leaders to their citizens to prepare for the difficult times ahead have been on…
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