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Author Archives: Barak Barfi

Posted inEgypt, Middle East

Sisi tolerated by pharaoh-friendly West 

by Barak Barfi March 7, 2019February 18, 2020

Last month, Egypt’s parliament overwhelmingly approved draft constitutional changes that would allow President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to remain in office until 2034. And the West – fixated on upholding political stability and maintaining access to lucrative weapons markets – is content to let it happen. Amending Article 140 of the 2014 constitution – approved by […]

US President Donald Trump with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House. Photo: Mark Wilson / dpa for AFP
Posted inAT Finance, China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

The US-Saudi relationship after Khashoggi

by Barak Barfi October 17, 2018
Kurdish fighters in the northern Aleppo countryside in Syria. Photo: Reuters / Khalil Ashawi
Posted inEuropean Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

A Turkish war of America’s making

by Barak Barfi February 3, 2018February 18, 2020
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani meets with US President Donald Trump in Riyadh, in June 2017. Photo:  Reuters / Jonathan Ernst
Posted inBahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Middle East, Syria, World

Qatar’s wait-and-see strategy

by Barak Barfi June 10, 2017June 10, 2017
A recent anti-Trump demonstration in New York City (Midtown Manhattan). Photo: Asia Times/Doug Tsuruoka
Posted inBahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Trump’s Middle East supporters

by Barak Barfi April 11, 2017April 11, 2017

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