Power Politics and Moral Accountability
They are taking on Russia, China, and DAESH as well as North Korea, Iran, and a host of militias with transnational reach.
How the Ukraine War Impacts Food Security in MENA
Read: Rising Prices and Political Instability in Lebanon, Iran and SudanTurkey has said it wouldn't experience wheat and sunflower oil shortages.
Ukraine is Assad’s New Dilemma
“Syria owes almost everything to Russia (and Iran) in the last eleven years,” Marco Carnelos, a former Italian diplomat, told Politics Today.
The Urge to Kill to Survive: Russia’s Imperialist Expansionism Explained
Read: Iran’s Bitter Choice and the Russia-Ukraine WarSecond, Russian private military companies such as the Wagner Group are sent to war zones to support pro-Russian figures such as Khalifa Haftar of Libya and attempt to encircle NATO for strategic leverage such as the Russian military presence in Africa.
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.
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Implications for the Two Koreas
Read: Iran’s Bitter Choice and the Russia-Ukraine War Russo-Ukraine War: Two Worst Case Scenarios Optimistic hopes aside, two ‘worst-case scenarios’ are also plausible, and underscore the need for cool-headed diplomacy and planning.
How the Ukraine War Will Give China More Leverage
Cutting off Russia from SWIFT won’t do the damage it did to Iran.
Turkey and Israel: A Marriage of Convenience and Necessity?
Read: UAE Foreign Policy: Good Neighborliness for Now?Thus, regional actors in the Middle East cannot afford to be involved in an unending geopolitical struggle with each other, especially when the Iranian threat is looming.
The GCC States’ Russian Dilemma
Read: Iran’s Bitter Choice and the Russia-Ukraine War What is at stake? Deepened and diversified Russia-GCC ties One of the most important reasons for the GCC to refrain from a decisive stance against Russia is the intensified, deepened, and diversified relations between the Gulf monarchies and Moscow.
Dependent on Russian Gas: Europe Must Reconsider Its Energy Security
Read: Iran’s Bitter Choice and the Russia-Ukraine WarThe degree of the EU’s dependency on Russian gas differs from country to country.
Despite Peace in the Gulf, Qatar and the UAE Still Compete
While other regional powers like Turkey, Israel, and Iran expect to benefit from the new Gulf diplomacy and its economic offers, the overall security perceptions of political actors in the Gulf and the Middle East continue to be unstable.
How Middle Powers Can Wield More Influence on Global Politics
The less democratic, or authoritarian ones, such as Egypt, Iran, or Saudi Arabia, however, may have more radical demands concerning the UN reform and might not join a collective reform movement.
Comparing Russian Military Interventions in Syria and Ukraine Is Misguided
Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah’s forces were on the ground fighting these anti-Assad groups as well.
Russia-Ukraine War: Why India, Israel, and Pakistan Have Chosen Silence
Washington will most likely waive sanctions on India for the purchase of an air defense system, just as it did for Indian investments in Iran's strategic Chabahar Port.
How Will the New China-Russia Gas Deal Affect the Ukraine Crisis?
Whereas recent events, such as the Russia-China-Iran joint naval exercises, intensifying incursions of Chinese jets into Taiwan's airspace, and the harsh Chinese statements towards Taiwan, stir concerns in Europe of Moscow and Beijing creating a simultaneous crisis in both Europe and the Indo-Pacific region so as to undermine Western influence and earn additional concessions, this scenario is unlikely under the current conditions.
Turkey-Saudi Normalization: A Larger Regional Bloc at the Door?
Primarily, thawing the icy relations between the two regional giants would rectify the intra-GCC and intra-Sunni bloc divisions that Iran has exploited to flex its muscles in the region.
What Awaits Lebanon Following Hariri’s Step-down from Politics
n a televised interview on the Iranian Al-Alam news channel on February 8, secretary general of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, revealed that they wished the ex-Lebanese prime minister, Saad Hariri, reconsider his bombshell decision of “suspending” his political career, announced on January 24.
Macron’s Visit to Putin Underlines Just How Weak the West is Against Putin
But as Biden has proved, secondary sanctions imposed on a handful of countries which buy oil from Iran, are very hard these days to implement and Putin has made it clear that, if necessary, he will trade sanctions for an invasion of some sort, if the West doesn’t engineer a way of Ukraine talking down NATO membership.
CSTO Mission in Kazakhstan Will Have Implications for Central Asia
Indeed, Central Asia is a resource-endowed and strategic geographic location which is indispensable for establishing steady logistical ties between the East and West, and that once again has turned into an intersection of the strategic interests of such powerful players as Russia, China, Turkey, Iran, India, Pakistan, and the United States as well as a space for the emerging risks and uncertainties posed by the Taliban rise to power in Afghanistan.
