Middle East

The timing is not merely coincidental. The shambolic policymaking of the Trump administration has thrown the Middle […]

1. Before I start, read the thread below, where @ejmalrai  has outlined the situation very nicely. I will […]

As usual, Beltway hawks and the media hive have oversimplified reality to advance their agendas. Turkey’s President […]

Russia’s proposal implies that some United States policies in the region, such as its exclusive leadership in […]

The US pull-out from northern Syria is a poisoned chalice for Turkey US President Donald Trump is […]

Bush may owe Ellen six bucks for nachos. He owes the rest of us a prison sentence […]

The question is: can Trump’s instinctive, creative ambiguity hold the line of US credibility (which exists more […]

The Iranians know they have the upper hand in dealing with the US Iranian President Hasan Rohani […]

More attacks on Saudi Arabia appear inevitable unless it agrees to stop war against Houthi rebels Never […]

The dramatic aerial attack on Saudi Arabia’s core oil production facilities has upended prior conceptions of energy […]

The US is ‘blowing smoke’ about launch sites mainly to divert from the very obvious (but embarrassing) […]

On Saturday September 14th, Yemen’s Houthi rebels announced that they had conducted a massive attack on several […]