More: Syria
Turkey-Russia thaw: Is Ankara ready to close Syrian border?
The meeting between president Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan held on August 9 moved the relations between two countries to a new positive...
The Next US President’s Challenge: The Iranian and Russian Alliance
The Middle East is undergoing major whirlwinds of change. Two major events in recent weeks are about to bring tectonic shifts in Middle Eastern...
Changing face of Middle Eastern geopolitics
It is a recognized reality that the Middle East is divided into two greater blocs, where Syria, Iraq & Hezbollah are spearheaded by Iran...
Vienna and Munich Agreements: Does History Repeat Itself?
Robert A. Heinlein's assertion "A generation which ignores history has no past; and no future," is a good starter to understand the issue of...
US Foreign Policy: Transactional or Value-Based
The 2016 elections presents a divergence in US foreign policy between the two major candidates. On one hand is the continuance of the status-quo...
Sheltering refugees in Europe beneficial for EU economy
While there have been a lot of discussions about the ‘moral obligation’ to let the refugees enter into the European Union (EU)against the ‘economic...
Russia’s double standard vis-à -vis Israel
Since July 25 last, Assad’s Syrian Arab Army has hammered the Israeli front of the Golan Heights with its artillery, often logistically supported by...
The current relations between Russia and Israel
The new relationship for the exchange of intelligence data, which had been established between Russia and Israel, is currently in danger. The most clear...
Israel’s new Middle East dimension
The war in Syria has radically changed the equilibria of the whole Middle East. In fact it has ratified the new role of the...
Turkey’s Strategic Reset: Engagement instead of contention
‘The EU loves to portray itself as a pan-European project. However, it stubbornly rejects and systematically demonises the only two European countries that have...