Russian Influence in the Mediterranean Is Multipolar, Not Malign

December 22, 2020

US Secretary of State Pompeo's misportrayal of Russian influence in the Mediterranean as malign is likely due to the fading unipolar hegemon's fear of the growing multipolar impact that the Eurasian G…

Turkish Shadow Boxing Reflects Growing Rivalry with Iran

December 21, 2020

Opinion

Turkey is leveraging its successful backing of Azerbaijan’s recent war against Armenia to counter Iran in the Caucasus and gradually challenge Russia in Central Asia, the heart of what Moscow consider…

When Deplorables Become Ungovernables

December 20, 2020

Opinion

China, Russia and Iran are the top three existential “threats” to the U.S., according to the National Security Strategy. Three features distinguish the top three. They are all sovereign powers. They a…

‘Thinking Machiavelli, Acting Mussolini’

December 18, 2020

Opinion

Earlier this month, the Lebanese al-Manar TV aired footage of Israeli bases in Upper Galilee, which were filmed by a Hizbullah drone. An Israeli base in Brannite and a command centre in Rowaysat al-Al…

Persian Gulf in the US and Israel’s Sights

December 18, 2020

Opinion

After more than three years of diplomatic tensions and a hostile media campaign against each other, it seems that Saudi Arabia and Qatar finally decided to settle their relations. Political scientists…

The Caspian Sea as Battleground

December 17, 2020

Opinion

Populated at the time by fluent Hebrew speakers, the Israel desk of Armenia’s foreign ministry waited back in 1991— in the immediate wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union—for a phone call that nev…

The Iranian-Turkish Scandal Over Azerbaijan Is Just a Gigantic Misunderstanding

December 16, 2020

Opinion

President Erdogan's recitation of a 19th-century Azeri nationalist poem during his attendance at Baku's Victory Parade as his Azerbaijani counterpart's guest of honor last week provoked harsh criticis…

The Blockade: Qatar and Saudi Arabia Approach Historic Breakthrough

December 14, 2020

Opinion

Since June 5, 2017, Saudi Arabia ordered a land, air, and sea blockade on Qatar and severed diplomatic ties, along with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, and Bahrain. The self-styled “Anti-Terror…