Geopolitics
DropSite News – Trump “low-keys” Iran; Netanyahu rejects BoP plan for Gaza; Ukraine kills 13 in strike targeting Russian refinery
Update on important global developments, especially in the Middle East. Read the article HERE.
Iran
Geopolitics
Elfadil Ibrahim – Saudi Arabia v. the Houthis round 2: This time it’s regional
The unofficial truce between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis is over. The war re-opens up yet another front of conflict in the Middle East. Elfadil Ibrahim is a writer and analyst covering the politics of […]
Geopolitics
Al Jazeera – Iran accuses Ukraine of deadly attack on Caspian commercial vessel
Zelensky is clearly trying to show the US and Israel just how loyal he is. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Al Jazeera – Trump says US will become ‘guardian’ of Strait of Hormuz and collect tolls
Fantasy stuff, but what it does achieve is undermine Western opposition to Iran charging for safe passage in the Strait. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Trita Parsi – A new US-Iran war would end where the last one did
The Iran war is starting up again because the United States wants control over the Strait of Hormuz, but the same challenges in achieving that before the ceasefire still exist today. Trita Parsi is the […]
Geopolitics
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Sybil Fares – On its 250th birthday, America must leave behind the illusion of primacy
The Iran war showed that the US cannot impose its will on the whole world – it is time to accept multipolarity. Jeffrey D. Sachs is University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable […]
Finance
Adam Dehsbazi – Hormuz checkpoint? Turkey wants to be king of the Middle Corridor
If trade routes shift to avoid the turbulent Strait of Hormuz, Turkey could emerge as the real winner of the Iran War. Adam Dehsabzi is a foreign policy analyst based in Washington D.C. He previously […]
Finance
Michael Roberts – Iran and the US: a ceasefire that lasts?
There are no guarantees that an Iran-US deal will ever come to fruition, either way the economic damage to the global economy is real and lasting. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of […]
Geopolitics
Jim Lamson, Matthew Moran – How Iran gained the strategic upper hand in the war with the US and Israel
Iran’s use of cheap drones and missiles to attack Isreal and Gulf states shifted the ‘balance of vulnerability’ onto its enemies. Jim Lamson is a Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of War Studies at […]
Geopolitics
Amin Saikal – If the peace deal sticks, then let’s be clear: Iran won
The Islamic Republic of Iran did not just survive the existential threat of a US-Israeli imposed regime change, it has come out of this war in a significantly strengthened position. Amin Saikal is emeritus professor […]