Iran
Dr. Salem Alketbi’s analysis of Iran: the regime’s regional policies, its nuclear and missile programmes, its proxies, and what they mean for Gulf and Arab security.
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Iran: the project, the proxies and the confrontation
Since 2015 Dr. Salem Alketbi has followed Iranian policy: the export of the revolution, the nuclear and missile programmes, and the proxy network from Lebanon to Yemen. This selection brings together his most-read analysis and his latest reading of the region after the 2026 confrontation.
- Strangling Iran: Will Trump’s endgame win out?14 September 2026
- Abu Dhabi turns the economic screws on Iran12 September 2026
- Iran’s regime is increasingly forced to defend itself at home6 September 2026
- Why Iran’s threat keeps haunting the Middle East – and how to finally break the cycle16 August 2026
- Trump and the Mullahs and the “Brinkmanship” Policy20 February 2017
- Why Iranian Tanks Crush Satellite Dishes?8 August 2016
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Iran
Strangling Iran: Will Trump’s endgame win out?
After nearly six months of war, Washington seems ready to move its fight with Iran into a new arena that…
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Abu Dhabi turns the economic screws on Iran
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was not just being courteous when he spoke about the UAE’s decision to stop commercial…
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Iran’s regime is increasingly forced to defend itself at home
From the seething streets to the armed peripheries of the country, the signs are multiplying in Iran, and they are…
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Dubai built an economic empire Iran’s return cannot erase
Recently, an argument has emerged which maintains that the rise of Dubai and the Gulf states was closely tied to…
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Iran’s Baloch uprising: A rising lever or a strategic illusion?
Has the Baloch insurgency in Iran become a genuine pressure lever for Washington, now that its options with the Kurds…
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Why Iran’s threat keeps haunting the Middle East – and how to finally break the cycle
For nearly 50 years, the world has dealt with Iran under a straightforward premise: the sole source of danger is…
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Iran between contiguous geography and fragmented polity
On the map, Iran may look like a cohesive state. Inside, however, it is a patchwork of ethnic groups, religious…
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Putin’s and Iran’s Caspian Sea plans have backfired. Here’s how
Iranians awoke last Saturday morning to the news that a sailor had been killed and another injured on an Iranian…
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Press Interviews
The Christian Science Monitor: The war did not create Emirati national identity, it revealed its maturity
In a report by The Christian Science Monitor published on July 27, 2026, titled “Targeted by Iran, this Gulf nation…
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Iran’s revenge campaign could put Trump in its crosshairs
Today, Iran does not see US President Donald Trump as merely a political rival. It views him as a personal…
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