Saudi and Emirati Pivot to Russia and China: Shift of Axis or Extreme Hedging?
During the visit, Biden is also expected to join a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) plus Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan which too will be present at the meeting.
The New Politics of Alliance: Allies, Proxies, and Adversaries Have Become Hard to Tell Apart
The latest conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria exhibit new behavioral patterns, in which actors could cooperate, compete, or do both at the same time.
Turkey’s Likely New Syria Operation: Why Now?
Read: Why Turkey Is Conducting Operation Claw-Lock in Northern Iraq NowMoreover, Turkey is already carrying out Operation Claw-Rock in northern Iraq and the new Syria operation can be seen as a natural extension of the latter.
Jerusalem “Flag Parade” Reveals Israel’s Lack of Sovereignty
One would be hard-pressed to find a statement that Algiers is the capital of Algeria or Baghdad is the capital of Iraq by an Algerian or Iraqi official.
Russia’s War in Ukraine Gives Iran the Upper Hand in Syria
This massive militia presence is an assurance for Iran's Iraq-Syria militia logistics.
Sweden and Finland NATO Membership: The Calculus of Alliance Politics
This funding goes to the PKK/PYD/YPG despite the fact that the PKK and its sister organizations in Syria and Iraq continuously plot terror attacks on Turkish soldiers and Syrian civilians.
Debunking Israeli Myths about the Nakba: Denial Does Not Overwrite History
Looking deeper into this issue, however, it is alleged that Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service, was behind planting bombs in countries such as Iraq and Egypt to create fear among the Jewish population pushing them to migrate to Palestine.
Can NATO Bypass the Security Complex Mentality?
NATO was hesitant to get involved in the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa after the Iraq and Afghanistan experiences, and failed to reach a consensus among its member states on Syria or Libya.
De-Dollarizing Trade: How the Global Trade Finance Gets More Nationalized
Read: The Rise of Bitcoin and its Ambiguous Future
De-dollarizing MENA
In the MENA region, Iran has conducted trade in national currencies with Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, and is seeking further trade with Turkey which has been reluctant in growing its trade in national currencies due to sanctions.
Just and Unjust Wars: The Need for a Third Way
Equally important, attacks against military targets located in civilian areas have also been documented in Palestine, Iraq, and Afghanistan, where the harm is undoubtably and disproportionately higher than the benefits.
Power Politics and Moral Accountability
Read: How Middle Powers Can Wield More Influence on Global Politics
Growing complexity of global politics
As each administration struggled to exit the quagmires of Iraq and Afghanistan, it was obvious that U.
Iran Nuclear Talks: Iran-Russia Cooperation Exempted from U.S. Sanctions
On Sunday, March 13, an Iranian missile strike in Iraq further stirred up the urgency.
Selective Solidarity with War Victims: Ukrainian and Palestinian Refugees
The Afghan and Iraq wars where hundreds of thousands of peoples lost their lives are other examples.
Russia’s War in Ukraine and the Global Struggle for Power
invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Russian invasion of Georgia in 2008, the unlawful withdrawal of the United States from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018, and Israel's bombing of Gaza, can be analyzed as decisive in shaping Putin's Ukraine policy.
Iran’s Proxies in the Middle East: A Halted Transition to Politics?
Also, the Fatah Alliance and other Iran-backed parties affiliated with the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) rejected Iraq’s recent parliamentary election held in October 2021 and tried to further destabilize the already chaotic Iraqi politics.
Turkey and Israel: A Marriage of Convenience and Necessity?
Turkey is the greatest bulwark against Iranian expansion and aggression in northern Iraq and northern Syria.
The GCC States’ Russian Dilemma
” Kuwait’s sensitivities on state sovereignty might go back to painful memories of the Iraqi invasion of the Gulf monarchy in 1990.
China Beware, Russia-Ukraine War Unified EU and NATO As Never Before
Air Force officer telling Newsweek, “In three days, Russia couldn't achieve what we did in three hours in Iraq in 2003.
Comparing Russian Military Interventions in Syria and Ukraine Is Misguided
Russia’s footing in the eastern Mediterranean has given Moscow significant leverage in regional conflicts stretching from Iraq and deep into sub-Saharan Africa.
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: What China Thinks
Ukraine dismantled the nuclear weapons that it inherited from the USSR’s breakup, and participated in NATO-led operations in the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq and the Indian Ocean.
