After dramatic and patently scripted warnings of “Iranian aggression” by bellicose US officials, there then follows – conveniently enough – an alleged sabotage incident in
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An Act of Sabotage May End Prospects of a Summer War in the Middle East
On the 11thof January 2007, US forces raided the Iranian Liaison Office in Erbil, capturing several “Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps” (IRGC) officers. Nine days later,
Did a Third Party Hit Saudi Tankers to Push America to War with Iran?
Video has emerged showing damage to the Norwegian-flagged oil tanker Andrea Victory following a purported “sabotage” attack on multiple oil tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates.
Mounting Tension with Iran Sheds a Light on Dynamics of US Geopolitics
Mounting tension between the Trump administration and Iran are likely to shed light on US dynamics shaping today’s geopolitical environment. Looming large is the figure
The Increasingly Complicated Game of Libya Chequers Pitches Old Enemies Against One Another – Plus New Ones
The last few days of April feel like Shakespeare’s ides of March for geopolitical star gazers in the MENA region. It’s often written that weak
Arab Power Struggles: “The King Is Dead, Long Live the King”
Political transition in the Middle East and North Africa operates so far on the principle of ‘The King is dead, long live the King.’ Libya’s
Why the Gulf States Are So Edgy
A little more than a decade ago, I was asked to address a London dinner-table of about twenty Gulf ‘figures’ – a mix of Ambassadors
The Dis-United Arab Emirates
A recent Beverly Hills, California political campaign fundraiser for Donald Trump, co-sponsored by Republican National Committee deputy national finance chairman Elliott Broidy – whose Los
