The Middle East is learning to live without America. While the United States will continue to shape regional security, not least through its advanced weapons systems, its (perceived) retreat from the Middle East has raised …
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President Joe Biden announced last week that the US will tap into its emergency oil reserves to minimise the blowback to the US economy from its sanctions on Russia. That move will go some way …
Despite media reporting last month that an agreement enabling the US to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal was close, negotiations have stalled. What’s not clear, at least publicly, is why. Are there lingering differences over …
Forty-three years ago, Iranians took to the streets to celebrate the end of the shah’s regime and welcome the return of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who, in exile, had become the shah’s leading critic. Iranians opposed …
The Ukraine crisis has confronted three Middle Eastern countries—Turkey, Israel and Iran—as well as India, with serious policy quandaries. For different reasons, they face the conundrum of how to strike a balance between opposing Russia’s …