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 oil tankers and Trump’s defeat
It is surprising how many articles applaud the mullahs of Iran for their alleged victory against sanctions and the Trump…
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A pivotal Arab role in Libya
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian did not surprise when he said that a Syrian scenario is repeating itself in…
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Israel
A dramatic Israeli escalation
Israel’s official announcement that measures to annex all settlements in the West Bank will begin in early July marks a…
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Iran
Have the US-Iran rules of engagement been changed?
The rules of engagement underlying US-Iran relations have changed, some experts argue, citing recent events and positions involving the two…
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Stabilizing the Nile Valley
To safeguard security and stability in the Nile Valley region, the three countries concerned by the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis…
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Iran
The odds of a US-Iran military showdown
Since the 1980s, a climate of military escalation between the United States and Iran has reigned constantly in the Middle…
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Post-coronavirus: Pillars of global hegemony and influence
Amid the global pandemonium wreaked by the viral epidemic, the human and economic losses, and the revealed incapacity of the…
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World organizations taken to task
On the heels of the novel coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19), trust issues took root regarding the performance and usefulness of international…
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Iran
The messages behind the Iranian military satellite
As the Iranian people suffer from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards came along to break celebratory…
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The way out of the crisis and the national security concern
These days, I have been keeping on top of the situation in the countries beset by the outbreak of the…
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