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Yemen’s implosion endangers global trade

  • The Yemen war is often regarded as a remote, localized conflict in Saudi Arabia’s backyard. But US military strategists warn that developments in Yemen pose a geostrategic threat to world trade and the regional balance of power. For those concerned with global shipping, the Suez Canal and Bab...
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World must seize opportunities offered by Soleimani’s death

  • The fateful final journey of Qassem Soleimani — through Beirut, Damascus and, ultimately, Baghdad airport — resembled a pilgrimage to the localities upon which he repeatedly unleashed carnage and chaos during his 30-year tenure. Former CIA Director David Petraeus described Soleimani’s death as ...
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World must prepare for consequences of Turkish invasion

  • A convoy of US armoured vehicles near the village of Yalanli, on the western outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Manbij. (AFP) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has finally got his way; convincing Donald Trump to immediately withdraw US forces from northern Syria to all...
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World ignoring warning signs of Iraq’s relapse into conflict

  • Despite complacent “mission accomplished” statements about Daesh having been defeated, glaring indicators of future regional conflict centered on Iraq are all too obvious. Daesh has been pushed out of urban areas, but elsewhere it is staging a comeback, benefiting from strategic depth afforded ...
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Women bear the brunt of Taliban’s gender apartheid

  • In a country where financial, health and welfare systems have collapsed, half the population are starving, there are four million drug addicts, and 20 percent suffer mental health problems, the Taliban are obsessed with one policy agenda — robbing women of any kind of purposeful existence. Am...
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With Iran’s eastward shift, nuclear talks are dead in the water

  • Iran is taking Western nuclear negotiators for fools. The newly announced talks for reviving the 2015 nuclear deal are about running down the clock, while advancing nuclear capacities and neutralizing the impact of sanctions by enmeshing Iran’s economy with that of Asian neighbors. How do we kn...
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Winning the race for economic prosperity — the European hare or the GCC tortoise?

  • At each Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit, it is irritating to see endless media and public speculation over whether this year will be blessed with the announcement of the birth of a Gulf Union. The media is obsessed with superficial issues such as labels. Call it what you want; closer...
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Winners and losers in Iraq’s struggle for supremacy

  • Iraq can be a brutal place, both on and off the battlefield. There has been continued wrangling for control of the most powerful government positions, with three senior posts — defense, interior and finance — remaining empty for six months....
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Will ripping up the Iran deal bring containment or chaos?

  • Frantic last-minute initiatives by European leaders hoping to coax Donald Trump into salvaging the Iran nuclear deal resemble desperate attempts to rearrange deckchairs on an already partly submerged Titanic.    President Emmanuel Macron’s proposals to insert beefed-up language ab...
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Will Iraq re-embrace its Arab roots?

  • It has recently been a cause for great optimism to see the Arab world rediscovering Iraq, but how ready is Iraq to rediscover the Arab world? The keynote development was the visit of Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir in late February, the first visit by a Saudi foreign minister since 1990. ...
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