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Analysis of US policy toward the Middle East and the Gulf, and the changing American role in the international order.
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OPEC+ between political and economic calculations
At a time when Biden administration officials were accusing OPEC+ of siding with Russia in its decision to cut oil…
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Iran and the last chapter of the nuclear saga
First published in Israel Hayom on September 28, 2022. Negotiations to revive the nuclear deal are just a few meters…
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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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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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The US is making moves in a minefield
The repeated recent US actions toward Taiwan cannot be viewed separately. They cannot be called spontaneous. Rather, a more accurate…
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Maneuvering back to the nuclear deal
Behind-the-scenes talks on resuming the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group are a striking race of declarations.…
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What do American politicians make of Taiwan?
Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, visited Taiwan in what many countries and organizations called a…
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Weeks or months: has Washington recognized a nuclear Iran?
Statements by US officials in recent months indicate that the US takes the idea of a nuclear Iran for granted.…
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Riyadh-Moscow: Momentous changes
On the sidelines of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum last June, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said relations…
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Will Kabul operation save Biden’s approval rating?
About a year ago last August, US President Joe Biden’s approval ratings began to plummet, falling to record levels under…
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