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…
Geopolitics… 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,…
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… How Iran’s statement on Delhi’s anti-Muslim violence sells Iran short 27 Mar 202020 Apr 2020 Posted originally to Express Tribune Blogs on 25 March 2020. At the expense of sounding morbid, one can say India’s state-abetted anti-Muslim pogrom in New Delhi earlier this month presented an opportunity…
Geopolitics… Israel-GCC ties and the bizarre future of Hasbara 24 Feb 202025 Feb 2020 Posted originally to Express Tribune blogs on 24 February 2020. Hasbara is the Hebrew word for Israeli state propaganda and it has always been a top-heavy affair, relying less on…
Geopolitics… Why Israel is in no position to forcibly implement the ‘Deal of the Century’ 1 Feb 20201 Feb 2020 Posted originally to Express Tribune blogs on 1 February 2019. US President Donald Trump announced with the attendance of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House the ‘Deal…
Geopolitics… Awkward spat with WWE epitomizes bin Salman as a leader 5 Nov 201915 Nov 2019 Posted originally to Express Tribune Blogs on 5 November 2019. In recent news, the famous American World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is in a spat with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin…
Geopolitics… Iran’s Israel-GCC-Russia Conundrum 6 Oct 201925 Oct 2019 Israel-GCC-Russia vs Iran; resharing my January 2019 article for Regional Rapport where I predict some strategic changes within the very structure of the Syrian state Israel will through the GCC…
Geopolitics… Iran’s Israel-GCC-Russia Conundrum 18 Jan 201925 Oct 2019 A possible new ‘Iran containment’ front forming? Posted originally on Regional Rapport on 17 January 2019. The securing of Syria by the pro-Iran government thanks to its allies culminated a…
