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The Israeli Interest in Ending the Blockade of Qatar

Posted originally to Antiwar.com on 12 February 2020. Jared Kushner’s role in the recent Qatar-GCC normalization is arguably its most noteworthy aspect.…

Geopolitics…

Is Eurasian integration Israel’s answer to strategic deadlock in the Levant?

26 Dec 202012 Feb 2021
Posted originally to The Tehran Times on 26 December 2020. Making US Middle East policy near-indistinguishable from its own had certain immediate advantages for Israel, but long-term caveats. The bonus…
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Connectivity Made-in-Israel: Hegemony over Integration

30 Nov 202026 Dec 2020
Posted originally to American Herald Tribune on 30 November 2020. Many sing praise of the potential peace-dividend of Chinese-led global connectivity. Launched in 2013, China’s sprawling Belt Road Initiative has…
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Why the Gulf Arab States Are Tailor-Made Allies for Israel

19 Aug 20206 Sep 2020
Posted originally to Antiwar.com on 19 August 2019. Israel-GCC ties were strategic even before the first official Israel-GCC diplomatic normalization took place recently with the UAE. For Israel, the mode…
CPEC…

India’s ouster from Chabahar is not really a Pakistani victory

8 Aug 202012 Aug 2020
Posted originally to Express Tribune Blogs on 8 August 2020. Some in Pakistan opine that India’s ouster from a Chabahar-related project in Iran is either a Pakistani foreign policy victory…
Africa Geopolitics…

Deciphering Iran’s declaration of support for Turkey’s allies in Libya

29 Jun 20204 Oct 2020
Posted originally to Islamabad Policy Institute (IPI) on 29 June 2020. Iran’s recent statement of support to the Turkish-backed Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) may come as a surprise…
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Yemen’s Houthis and the ‘Iran versus Saudi Arabia’ false binary

3 Jun 2020
Posted originally to Strafasia on 2 June 2020. Notably in Pakistan, the notion of a regional ‘Iran versus Saudi Arabia’ struggle for influence is a popular framework adhered to by…
Deal of the Century Palestine…

The Wisdoms in Khamenei’s ‘Guidelines to Liberate Palestine’

25 May 202026 May 2020
Posted originally to American Herald Tribune on 24 May 2020. In his recent World Quds Day speech, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei declared seven guidelines for the liberation of Palestine. Delivered via televised broadcast instead of…
Africa Geopolitics…

The Houthis: A new challenge to Israel’s interests in the Red Sea region and Arabian Peninsula

18 May 20207 Jul 2020
Posted originally to Press TV on 18 May 2020. Over five years and billions of dollars’ worth of imported weaponry have gone to waste for Saudi Arabia in its war…
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How a Subtle Turkey-Iran Entente is Helping Iran Secure a Firm Presence in Syria

18 Apr 202018 Apr 2020
Posted originally to MintPress News on 24 February 2020 as Part 3 of a 3 Part series on the evolved geopolitical scenario in Syria. In stark contrast to their positions…
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Russia and Iran’s Clashing Visions for Syria’s Future

18 Apr 202030 Nov 2020
Posted originally to MintPress News on 7 February 2020 as part of a 3-Part series on the evolved geopolitical scenario in Syria. Rivals of the West in their own right,…

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