Opinion & Analysis
Opinion articles and political analysis by Dr. Salem Alketbi on Gulf, Arab, Iranian and international affairs.
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UAE-Israel: Towards a real and lasting peace
Perhaps no news about the appointment of an ambassador to another country has received as much attention as the naming…
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Are the Vienna negotiations going to fail?
Since Iranian President-elect Ibrahim Raisi won last month’s elections, hopes for a deal on the Iran nuclear deal crisis have…
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Tunisia bears the brunt of the Brotherhood’s failure
The successive crises that Tunisia has experienced since the rise of the Ennahda party to the forefront of the political…
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Afghanistan and the worst-case scenarios
Experts and observers have raised several rightful questions since the official announcement of the upcoming completion of the withdrawal of…
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Lack of international will
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah recently pointed out at a ministerial meeting on Syria in Rome…
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A UAE embassy in Israel
A few years ago, the mere mention of an Emirati embassy in Israel was pie in the sky. Today, with…
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Afghanistan in the wake of the US withdrawal
As the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan draws to a close, news of Taliban military victories is frequent, and…
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Has the US ‘deterrent message’ failed?
US Secretary of State Tony Blinken, after the recent bombing of pro-Iranian militants in Iraq and Syria, said it was…
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Biden and Khamenei’s nail-biting game
It has become clear from the stated evidence that the nailbiting game between Iran and US sides in Vienna is…
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UAE-Saudi Arabia: sensational news stories
Over the past few days, I have been following many sensational news articles reporting “differences,” “tensions,” and a “silent crisis”…
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