In recent weeks, some American troops have moved from Syria to Iraq. Airmen have moved from the United States to an airbase in the UAE,
Tag: Middle East
The Blob: Still Chasing After Pax Americana
I wish to call attention to an instructive essay about U.S. policy in the Middle East—instructive in the sense that it reveals the utterly impoverished
The New Middle East Revolutionaries Share This One Fatal Flaw
Revolutions are like electricity. An electric shock of the most unexpected kind. The victims think at first it must be a powerful wasp sting. Then
Washington and Israel’s Territorial Ambitions
As the 2020 US election campaign picks up steam, the Trump administration has gone above and beyond to attract the attention of its most loyal supporters in
A New Middle East Is Coming
The fallout from the September attack on Saudi Arabia’s Aramco oil facilities is continuing to reverberate throughout the Middle East, sidelining old enmities—sometimes for new
The ‘War’ for the Future of Middle East
Oh, oh, here we are again! In 1967, it was then the ‘threat’ of the standing Arab Armies (and the ensuing six-day war on Egypt
Baghdadi Is Dead But the West’s Backing for Dictators Keeps the Fires Burning
When US Defence Secretary Mark Esper was asked this week to confirm President Donald Trump’s assertion that Islamic State group (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died
The Lebanese ‘Canary in the Mine’ Is Signalling Mid-East Trouble Ahead
There have been protests (mostly pointing up economic stress) across the region for some months: from Egypt to Iraq. But the Lebanese demonstrations have caught
