A new world? The Middle East tries cooperation alongside competition
Interesting signs that the region’s powers are less interested in armed conflict than they are about forms of gaining influence today.
Interesting signs that the region’s powers are less interested in armed conflict than they are about forms of gaining influence today.
If Washington intervened in the Mideast less often, the bases and strategic alliance would matter less.
How Damascus could become the next arena for geopolitical competition between the region’s Arab power centers and Iran.
In addition to think tank funding that often does not get disclosed, a new report provides a behind the scenes look at DC’s Turkish lobby.
Neither country can afford the setbacks that often are the result of hubris. Both have bigger geopolitical, diplomatic, and economic fish to fry.
The sale of a Russian missile defense system encapsulates how the tide has turned.
As the US steps back militarily, regional states forever at each other’s throats are now quietly stepping forward diplomatically.
The US or the EU may need to get involved as regional actors are stepping in to push their authoritarian agendas.
Afghanistan could emerge as a venue for Middle Eastern rivalries involving not only Saudi Arabia and Iran, but also Turkey and Qatar.
The move highlights the many contradictions of US policy in the war-torn country.
New report finds that Iran is not ‘on the march,’ but among multiple powers, some US-backed, destabilizing the region.
Hawks pushing for war and regime change in Iran have formed a new group to challenge Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
A flurry of recent diplomacy suggests efforts underway to mend the rivalries that have fueled Arab wars over the past decade.
Baku siding with Tel Aviv opens up vulnerabilities in its relations with Turkey and invites attacks of hypocrisy.
The question will be what President Erdogan, who said the declaration opened “a wound” in US-Turkey relations, will do.
This has much more to do with current US policy towards Turkish President Erdogan than it does with the morality of the case.
The alleged contact highlights the complex web of alliances and adversaries stemming from the Syrian civil war.
The two countries might have a common interest in moving away from the foreign policies that their respective leaders have advanced.
Despite recent conciliatory rhetoric, the roots of their antagonism will be difficult to untangle.
Moscow’s ability to build relationships with US regional allies is raising flags with the Biden administration.
Middle East scholar addresses questions surrounding U.S. withdrawal and the interests of neighbors in the process.