United States
Analysis of US policy toward the Middle East and the Gulf, and the changing American role in the international order.
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United States
Could the coronavirus turn things around for Trump?
With the coronavirus crisis hitting hard in the US, all political issues are being pushed aside. The coronavirus, with all…
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Extremism
The “Muslim Brotherhood” and the US Terror list
The debate over including the “Muslim Brotherhood” in the US terrorist lists has taken on a new twist since Mike…
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Iran
Iran in the middle of US Congress wrangles
In this year of US presidential elections, Iran remains a key issue and material for the electoral political conflict, as…
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Iran
Europe changes course on Iran
They say it’s better late than never. The European position on a response to the US withdrawal from the Vienna…
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Iran
So what’s after Trump and Khamenei’s war of words?
Against a backdrop of sharply escalating positions on both sides, and direct military targeting instead of proxy confrontations, US President…
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Iran
The mistakes the Iranian mullahs keep making
Since the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in a US Military strike in Iraq, I was sure that the Iranian…
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Iran
Iranian mullahs and America: War or words?
Although the scenario of military escalation that prevailed for days after the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani has faded away,…
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Iran
Trump’s strategy of assassinating Soleimani
After the dust has settled considerably in the Iranian-American tension following the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani during a US…
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Iran
Signals exchanged between mullahs and Washington
There is clear evidence that Iranian-American relations are in a period of calm or hiatus, as the administration of President…
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Gulf security
When Khamenei gives Arabs advice
In a speech delivered Friday in Tehran, while receiving the leaders of the three Iranian authorities and participants in the…
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