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Iran: The hard fate of JCPOA
US president Donald Trump published a new strategy on Iran. There were two major declarations. The first one related to inacceptability for the USA...
Iranian protests raise tricky questions for US and Saudi policymakers
If Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s chequered foreign policy track record is anything to go by, Iran could tempt him to embark on...
Betting on the wrong horse? US and Iranian hardliners spin anti-government protests
In supporting recent anti-government protests in Iran, both Iranian hardliners and the US State Department may want to be careful what they wish for....
The Killing of Ali Abdullah Saleh – Is Peace in Yemen Possible?
Based on remarks at a 19 December 2017 NUS Middle East Institute seminar
The Middle East being the Middle East, everything is interrelated. What happens...
The reconfiguration of the New Syria
Whatever happens, the New Syria which is currently reshaping will be the breaking point that will give rise to the new Middle East from...
Trading Jerusalem for Iran
US president Donald J. Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem potentially sets the stage for a controversial American effort to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict backed by...
The United States of America needs to reiterate its global-police role
In relation to the Trump’s isolationistic assertion, which America should pull back as a world police and according to its diminishing role, Counter Narco-Terrorism...
US-Saudi nuclear talks: A barometer for whither the Middle East?
Talks aimed at transferring US nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia serve as an indicator of where the Saudi-Iranian rivalry is heading as well as...
A new war in the Middle East?
In the Middle East, a new stormy confrontation may emerge. After the ISIS militants’ defeat and the beginning of a political settlement in Syria,...
Saudi Arabia’s Lebanon gamble may pay off
Time will tell, but Saudi Arabia’s gamble to pressure Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed, Lebanese Shiite militia, by forcing Saad Hariri, the country’s prime minister, to...