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Iran’s Middle East Strategy
A look at the map of the Middle East reveals three
major geographic regions: the Anatolian Peninsula (Turkey), the Arabian
Peninsula (Saudi Arabia) and the Iranian...
Entangling between Escalation De-escalation
The US airstrike in Iraq has further fueled the
already bloody race of having regional influence between the US and Iran. The
Middle East has been...
U.S. vs Iran, a Cybersecurity Update
The relationship between the United States and Iran
has perhaps reached a very low levein in recent weeks, following the 1979
Khomenist Revolution and the occupation...
Let’s Bet: Will the Phase One deal prove effective?
With oil prices soaring high with a geopolitical risk
premium back in markets, the U.S.-China trade talks have taken a step back.
However, as soon as...
Iran plays chess, the US plays backgammon
Iranians
play chess, Americans play backgammon when it comes to warfare, military
strategy and conflict management.
That is
becoming increasingly obvious in the US-Iranian tit-for-tat on an Iraqi
gameboard.
Hobbled
by...
Soleimani’s assassination triggers US-Iran standoff
Amidst an
environment of a tense standoff between Iran and the US since the last couple
of months, the United States assassinated high-ranking Iranian military and
intelligence...
Ayatollah Khamenei: Americans must leave the region
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on
Wednesday that the United States’ “corruptive presence” in the region must come
to an end.
“This region...
What happened to the World Trade Organization?
Although
the General Council of the World Trade Organization largely agreed to proposed
reforms; Ambassador David Walker of New Zealand, who was appointed as the
leading facilitator...
Soleimani’s death opens a door to alternative security arrangements in the Gulf
The US killing of Iranian general Qassim
Soleimani has further opened the door to a potential restructuring of the
Gulf’s security architecture.
In line with an Iranian...
Oil market outlook 2020: It stands between Geopolitics and Geoeconomics
Global energy market is shivering. I saw this
coming since last year and I’ve been sharing about this in my interviews in
last few months. Iran...