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Category: Levant Affairs

Geopolitics…

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

26 Dec 2020
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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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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Wealthy Gulf States Plan to Spend Big to Coax Syria Away from Iran

18 Apr 202029 Jun 2020
Posted originally to MintPress News on 31 January 2020 as Part 1 of a 3-Part Series on the evolved geopolitical scenario in Syria. Since the dawn of the 2011 Syrian…
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Erdogan’s Idlib misadventure: Reality checks and hard lessons for Turkey

3 Apr 202018 Apr 2020
Posted originally to MintPress News on 3 April 2020. Even when viewed through the prism of Turkish interests, President Tayyib Erdogan’s escalatory actions in Syria’s Idlib governorate constitute now plainly…
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