Tag Archive: Middle East
Why Biden Will Keep the U.S.-Imposed Cold War Rolling
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Released for Syndication: 11/17/2020
Much will certainly change in the world of U.S. foreign policy when Joe Biden enters the White House. There will be a more measured...
Full ArticleThe U.S. Wants to Play Powerbroker in a Fight Over the Nile River, but a Bigger Threat Looms
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Africa/Ethiopia, Climate Change, History, Middle East, Middle East/Egypt, Middle East/Sudan, News, North America/United States of America, Time-Sensitive, Trump, War
Released for Syndication: 07/09/2020
The U.S. may soon take sides in a potential water war over the Nile River. The $4.5 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is...
Full ArticleTurkey’s Big Bet Has Put Libya in Center of a Global Power Struggle
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Africa/Libya, Africa/Tunisia, Europe, Europe/France, Europe/Germany, Europe/Russia, Middle East, Middle East/Egypt, Middle East/Saudi Arabia, Middle East/Syria, Middle East/Turkey, Middle East/United Arab Emirates, News, North America/United States of America, Time-Sensitive, War
Released for Syndication: 06/12/2020
The series of debilitating military setbacks that Libya’s renegade general Khalifa Haftar suffered in recent months have spurred diplomatic activities over the conflict in...
Full ArticleNATO Returns to Libya to Challenge Russia
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Africa/Libya, Europe/Russia, Middle East, Middle East/Saudi Arabia, Middle East/Syria, Middle East/Turkey, Middle East/United Arab Emirates, News, North America/United States of America, Time-Sensitive, War
Released for Syndication: 06/01/2020
The great game in Libya has begun surging with the United States shedding its strategic ambivalence and resorting to a proactive role. At the...
Full ArticleHow Russia Is Botching Its Alliance With Syria
Released for Syndication: 05/19/2020
Russia’s relationships with its client states have never been easy. Of course, managing client states is always a complicated exercise. The Kremlin’s cupboard is...
Full ArticleTrump’s Threat to Iran Has a Hollow, Angsty Ring
Released for Syndication: 05/01/2020
A tweet by the U.S. President Donald Trump on April 22 said, “I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy...
Full ArticleDon’t Threaten Afghans—It Will Be Counterproductive
Released for Syndication: 04/10/2020
The principal deputy assistant secretary at the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) in the U.S. State Department, Alice Wells, dropped a...
Full ArticleHas America Reached Its Endgame in Afghanistan?
Released for Syndication: 03/27/2020
In an extraordinary statement titled “On the Political Impasse in Afghanistan,” Washington has admitted to the failure of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s mission...
Full ArticleThe Prospect of Peace in Afghanistan Is Real—And Pakistan Is the Key Player
Released for Syndication: 03/02/2020
The chasm between illusion and reality in politics remains perennial. Wars seldom ended according to the script of peace agreements. The fall of Saigon...
Full ArticleHow the UN’s Middle East Peace Plan Was Trounced by Its Own Members
Released for Syndication: 02/13/2020