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Turkey’s new maritime deal with Libya and its push for EEZ claims have escalated tensions with Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, and Israel, all of whom back Athens’ position.
The fall of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has opened a window for wealthy Gulf countries to expand their influence as ...
A Reuters investigation found 40 distinct sites of killings, looting and arson during three days of sectarian massacres ...
The India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), touted as the anti-Belt-and-Road, is currently suffering from a severe case of reality. The Gaza war, Israeli instability, and Saudi hedging have ...
Democrats bashing President Trump for striking Iran without congressional consent are bumping into an inconvenient history: Democratic presidents have done the same thing for decades. From Bill ...
Countries that aligned themselves with the US have used oil as a jump-start to global economic status. But those who resisted have seen destruction ...
Now, Western media reporting on the Israel-Iran war has added a new frame: Pakistan as a threat to Israel’s existence.
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The Big Nuclear Wink
Proliferation Treaty or NPT. North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya were eventually all signatories to the 1969 agreement. They all to varying degrees trashed the treaty.   North Korea conned their ...
In 1996 a policy document called A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm, prepared by a study group led by American neoconservative Richard Perle, was presented to current Israeli Prime ...
As a scholar of nuclear nonproliferation, my research indicates that military strikes, such as the U.S. one against Iran, tend not to work. Diplomacy — involving broad and resolute international ...
First, the Islamic regime is far from collapsing, even if the mullahs are unpopular. Second, if it did collapse, Iran could plunge into chaos. Iranians recognize this. Many detest their government, ...
While several unanswered questions still remain, the recent Trump/Netanyahu framework for peace seems promising.