Deal of the Century Palestine… The Israeli Interest in Ending the Blockade of Qatar 12 Feb 202112 Feb 2021 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. Given his profile and the context of his key role…
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…
Geopolitics… 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…
Geopolitics… 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…
Geopolitics… 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…
Geopolitics… 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…
Geopolitics… 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…
Geopolitics… 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…
