The Houthis’ ability to strike shipping in the Red Sea in the event of an expansion of the Israel-Hamas war makes them a factor in global geopolitics. “The hands of all parties in the region are on the trigger,” warned Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian last week, amid reports that …
Read More »Erdogan’s dreams of eclipsing Ataturk unfulfilled as Turkish republic turns 100
On the centennial of the Turkish Republic, its citizens are debating the country’s evolution and how it measures up to the vision of modern Turkey’s deeply secular founder. Turkey will mark its 100th year as a republic on Oct. 29 with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an Islamist leader seen as the …
Read More »Israeli invasion of Gaza threatens to collapse Washington’s Middle East strategy
The Biden administration thought painstaking diplomacy could contain Iran and, by extension, its proxies in Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon. But by papering over the Palestinian question, Washington handed its adversary a strategic opportunity. Short of a nuclear-armed standoff, the stakes arguably couldn’t be higher across the Middle East right …
Read More »En entrant à Gaza, Tsahal fera face non seulement au Hamas, mais aussi à «l’Axe de la Résistance» iranien
Aucun pays n’a sans doute autant bénéficié de l’invasion américaine de l’Irak que la République islamique d’Iran. Au cours d’une guerre qui a duré plus d’une décennie, Washington a dépensé plus de 2000 milliards de dollars de ses propres fonds pour éliminer l’un des adversaires régionaux les plus puissants de …
Read More »Recentralization Imperils Iraq’s Stability And Fuels Regional Tensions – Analysis
Iraq is at a pivotal juncture, diverging from its post-2003 vision of a federated state as pro-Iranian Shia groups in Baghdad aggressively drive recentralization. This transformation is most evident in Baghdad’s aggressive attempts to erode the federal status of Kurdistan, Iraq’s sole autonomous region. This divergence from the post-2003 vision …
Read More »US Diplomacy Lost Traction In Middle East: Isolating Iran No Longer Possible – OpEd
The US President Joe Biden is convinced that one of the reasons why Hamas launched the attack on Israel was because of the announcement during the G20 Summit in New Delhi on the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor . But he also admitted that this reading was based purely on his …
Read More »US Asks Gulf States to Help Shut Down Hamas Fundraising
In an emergency session of the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC) this week, the U.S. called on allies in the Middle East to increase efforts to cut off outside funding for Hamas, the organization that perpetrated a massive attack on Israeli civilians on October 7. The Treasury Department called on …
Read More »Russia and China choose the UN to continue pressuring the West on Israel
The chess game at the UN Security Council ends with the United States vetoing the Russian resolution on Israel (supported by only four votes including the Chinese one), and Russia and China vetoing the American one . On Wednesday the countries of the world gathered at the Glass Palace to …
Read More »What Follows Hamas in Gaza?
Israel plans to remove Hamas from power in the Gaza Strip but plans for the long-term governance of the territory are yet undefined and fraught with significant challenges.Israel seeks to avoid a renewed occupation of the Gaza Strip and to cede responsibility for its security and welfare to the Arab …
Read More »Iran’s Role in Mideast Crisis Widens Rift with the West
Iran’s prospects to de-escalate tensions with the United States and its allies have dissipated with Tehran’s threats to intervene directly in the Hamas-Israel crisis.Iran’s regional allies have conducted several attacks on U.S. and Israeli targets in sympathy with Hamas and the Palestinians and may escalate further in the coming days, …
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