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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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Iran
9+1 Summit: what Arabs want
The upcoming summit in Jeddah will bookend President Joe Biden’s important visit to Saudi Arabia this month. President Biden and…
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Ukraine and the “large” vs “small” conflict model
The Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, recently described the current phase of the war in…
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Iran
So Iran doesn’t get out of control
The debate on the Iran nuclear issue has fallen back to what it was before 2015, with significant differences, all…
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Iran
Vienna talks: how about a plan B?
The Vienna talks are deadlocked, even though the failure has not yet been officially announced. What could be described as…
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UAE
An axis of interests, not an axis of resistance
I don’t know to what extent the coordination between the UAE and Russia under the OPEC+ platform can be interpreted…
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A stiff test of the limits of American power
Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, many sober strategic evaluations have said that this will definitely be the American…
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Iran
Iran’s negotiating priorities between nuclear and missile weapons
I recently followed Western media reports about an open letter signed by former prominent diplomats, including British foreign and defense…
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Ukraine Crisis: The Western Scenario
Aside from Russian thinking about the conduct of the current war effort in Ukraine, there are signs that reflect a…
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Iran
The Iran nuclear deal and stability in the Middle East
Signals and hints of an understanding on all of the contentious issues in the Iran nuclear deal have been leaking…
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Finland, Sweden and the NATO accession scenario
There is probably no more delicate time than now to admit new members to NATO or to implement NATO’s plans…
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