From Panjshir to Baku: Iran’s search for a new hard-power Strategy in Eurasia

3 Nov 202111 Nov 2021

Posted originally to The Cradle on 3 November 2021. Iran’s recent reactions to events in Afghanistan’s northern reaches and the Iran- Armenia-Azerbaijan border area were sudden and dramatic. Viewed in…

Turkish geopolitics and the kabul airport saga

14 Sep 20213 Nov 2021

Posted originally to the Russian International Affairs Council on 10 September 2021. The Taliban’s ultimate agreement to a prominent Turkish security presence at Afghanistan’s only airport completes an important power-play for the…

Will there be a China-driven evolution in Israel’s strategy toward Iran?

20 Jul 202114 Sep 2021

Posted originally to the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) on 19 July 2021. This author published an analysis in The Tehran Times in December 2020 titled “Is Eurasian integration Israel’s…