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Posted inOpinion

Biden courts war in Mideast by dealing with Iran

by Brandon J Weichert May 4, 2021May 6, 2021

The administration of US President Joe Biden has an Iran problem. Its Iran quandary is compounded by the fact that Biden’s team does not see Iran as a problem. In fact, the Biden administration views Iran as a solution to America’s wider Middle East problem. President Biden doesn’t understand that Iran is the problem in […]

US national security adviser John Bolton speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 24, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts
Posted inEgypt, France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Will Trump and Bolton clash over Syria?

by Emanuele Scimia April 23, 2018
A Syrian military officer records a video inside the destroyed Scientific Research Centre in Damascus, Syria April 14, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
Posted inEgypt, Iran, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Missile strikes are not a Syria strategy 

by Richard N. Haass April 21, 2018
Strengthening the social components of state rule is the first requirement, but this isn't a function of US war policy. Photo: Aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, US Navy
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, South Korea, World

American power needs a Eurasian reset to combat Islamism

by William Holland January 15, 2018January 16, 2018

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