Geopolitics
Dropsite – Iranian death toll rises to 550+; Israel threatens invasion of Lebanon after Hezbollah strikes; 3 U.S. warplanes down in Kuwait
A useful round-up of the latest in the Iran war. Read the article HERE.
Middle East
Geopolitics
David Hearst – Saudi Arabia’s Middle East alliances are shifting
Saudi Arabia feels itself being boxed-in by UAE and Israel, and is building new alliances to re-balance Middle Eastern power. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator and […]
Geopolitics
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Sybil Fares – Iran’s Comprehensive Peace Proposal to the United States
As John Pilger once said, “Palestine is still the issue”. Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed The Earth Institute from […]
Geopolitics
David Hearst – Iran’s battle for survival is the Arab world’s fight too
Netanyahu is pushing Trump to bring down Ayatollah Khamenei to accelerate Israel’s divide and rule policy in the Middle East: Arab states would be foolish to play along. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of […]
Geopolitics
David Hearst – Division between Saudi Arabia and UAE could reshape the Middle East
The Saudis appear to have definitively moved against the Israeli-UAE’s plan to divide and rule the Arab world. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator and speaker on […]
Fake News
Marc Owen Jones – The rise of the Emirati dis-influencers and why we all should be worried
State-backed actors are clearly running highly sophisticated disinformation campaigns to influence global public opinion in their paymasters’ favour. Marc Owen Jones is the author of Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East and an Associate Professor […]
Geopolitics
Marco Carnelos – How European powers could ignite a new war with Iran
France, the UK and Germany are re-imposing sanctions on Iran, despite it being the US which broke the Nuclear Deal which lifted the sanctions in the first place. Marco Carnelos is a former Italian diplomat. […]
Geopolitics
David Hearst – Netanyahu is on a mission to seize the Middle East. Will anyone stop him?
Neither international law nor the Western powers will lift a finger to stop Netanyahu’s messianic pursuit of Middle Eastern land. Only the Palestinians and global public opinion stand in his way. David Hearst is co-founder […]
Geopolitics
Marco Carnelos – How Syria became the battleground for Israeli and Turkish influence
Israel and Turkey are competing for regional hegemony, and Syria is their new battleground. Marco Carnelos is a former Italian diplomat. He has been assigned to Somalia, Australia and the United Nations. He served in […]
Geopolitics
Tariq Ali – The Roads to Damascus
A grim read, describing what has happened in the Middle East over the past year as a ‘mini-1967 for the Arab World’. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.