Iran’s water crisis threatens the regime
Despite more than forty years of living under a rigid and repressive theocratic regime, Iranians are not people to take government failure or flagrant abuse of power lying down. Time…
Turkey and Israel – are they to be friends?
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…
Cyprus – the two-state solution the UN rejects
The UN’s enthusiastic support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian dispute is well attested, but there is a certain two-state solution that the UN resolutely refuses to endorse. Cyprus…
Afghanistan – a graveyard for invaders. What happens when the US leaves?
Afghanistan has once again lived up…
Lebanon and Iran – breaking the bond
Lebanon is “hurtling toward total collapse”, according to one commentator. The World Bank believes that the country’s financial and economic crisis is one of the severest the world has witnessed…
Hamas: Why Now?
Can diplomacy and reason succeed in damping down the flames before they burst into all-out war?
Palestinian Elections – Dahlan Plays the Long Game
The forthcoming Palestinian elections have generated a good deal of speculation.Palestinian Elections - Dahlan Plays the Long Game
Iraq Arrests Major Foreign Narcotics Smuggler
Iraq Arrests Major Foreign Drug Smuggler as the foreign narcotics smuggler used to transport drugs from a neighbouring country.
Why Dealing with Iran Is a Non-Starter
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