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Tanya Goudsouzian

Xi Jinping Donald Trump Vladimir Putin
Middle East

Why Trump won't get Afghanistan's Bagram base back

While the Taliban have of course objected, Russia and China would have something to say too

IRGC
Middle East

If Iranian regime collapses or is toppled, 'what's next?'

These are questions that are hardly asked, nor answered with any degree of coherency. Seems important.

Here is why US troops may be in Iraq indefinitely
Middle East

Here is why US troops may be in Iraq indefinitely

An inconvenient truth: the country's dependency on American forces has hobbled the growth of its own military

Afghanistan
Asia-Pacific

Left behind, Afghanistan is now an environmental hellhole

What did we think nearly 50 years of war and neglect was going to do to that country?

Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Benjamin Netanyahu
Middle East

Is Turkey's big break with Israel for real?

Depends on who you ask, but there is a history here that may be difficult to escape