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Elections 2016: The End of the American Two-Party System?
With the Iowa caucuses over and the results from New Hampshire in, the 2016 elections are officially underway. The last decade in American politics...
President Xi Jinping’s travel to the Middle East
Historically, the Silk Road was established during the Han dynasty, between 206 B.C and 220 A.D., after the long Chinese exploration of Southern and...
Hard and Soft Power in the Caspian: Russian and Iranian Objectives
Two of the five states that border the Caspian Sea can be considered hegemonic in the region: Russia and Iran. Although this is beneficial...
The lost libertarian moment?
After the first ballot of caucus in Iowa and taking into account a very low popularity poll, against him, in New Hampshire, Rand Paul...
The Biggest Short: The War on Terror
September 11th changed the trajectory of history. The attacks began what appears to be war campaign with no end in sight. While the initial...
How ISIS has legitimized the Taliban
Reports have surfaced indicating that long time regional adversaries Russia and the Taliban are exchanging intelligence on the presence of ISIS in Afghanistan ....
The United States and the Issue of Iran-Saudi Arabia Rivalry
The Shia-Sunni rivalry is old and goes back centuries. Iran assumes itself to be the leader of the world Shias and the promotion of...
Saudi Arabia – Devaluation of the Riyal
The Saudi Riyal has been pegged to the US Dollar for the past 30 years but this may all soon change as the volatile...
Saudi Arabia and Iran: A Balance of Power
The execution of Sheikh Nimr al Nimr by Saudi Arabia is heating up the Cold War in the Middle East. The tension between Saudi...
The likely war between Iran and Saudi Arabia
With a view to better understanding what might happen in the future between the Shi’ite Republic of Iran and the Wahhabi and Sunni stronghold...