By James M. Dorsey When a Russian-led military force intervened earlier this month, it did more than help Kazakh President Qasym-Johart Toqayev restore and strengthen his grip on power following…
by Neville Teller Given the flurry of optimistic stories about future Egypt-Israel relations following the meeting on September 13 between Israel’s prime minister and Egypt’s president, a stark statement on…
Reviewed by Neville Teller Joel C Rosenberg has many faces. He is best known, perhaps, as the author of a series of best-selling political thrillers, most of them set in…
by Neville Teller Israel was not directly involved in the events surrounding the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, and it would be reasonable to assume that the main effect on Israel…
by Neville Teller The Taliban has just won a 20-year war against America and its allies and sent them packing. The triumph is so complete that the US no longer…
Iraq’s next parliamentary elections are scheduled for October 10, 2021. The Iraqi people will vote into office the 328 members of the Council of Representatives who, in turn, will elect…
Diplomats the world over blinked in disbelief on Tuesday, July 13 when the news broke that the previous evening Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had phoned Israel’s newly elected…
Afghanistan has once again lived up…
Why Dealing with Iran Is a Non-Starter signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal except the US – that is, the EU, Russia, China, the UK, France, Germany and Iran
Two initiatives indicate that China Signals Possible Greater Middle East Engagement as it may be gearing up to play a greater political role.