A Look at the State of Kuwait’s Political Landscape
The results of Kuwait’s recent parliamentary elections, held on November 26, have significant implications for the Arab Gulf country’s citizens. Although the Kuwaiti government asserts…
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How strong is Iran’s alliance with Russia?
In an article for The Natonal Interest, published January 12, Alireza Nader, senior international policy analyst at the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation, writes about the…
Russia wants to know everything about Hezbollah
Hezbollah has been a useful non-state partner to Russian forces in Syria. The Lebanese Shia militia and Iranian proxy currently fields between 6,000 and 8,000…
Anti-Semitism only on our terms
The US Senate has unanimously passed the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act, introduced by US Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Bob Casey (D-PA). If approved by the…
Germany and Israel had very similar terrorist attacks, but media headlines couldn’t be any more different
In December, a man drove a truck through a crowded Christmas market in Berlin, Germany. At least nine people were killed, and over 50 were injured….
‘Сonservative’ Iranian president from rich farmer
One of the founding fathers of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and a powerful figure in Iran’s religious, social and political affairs, Ali Akbar Hashemi…
How the USSR’s effort to destroy Islam created a generation of radicals
In 1929, Soviet leader Mikhail Kalinin laid out his vision for Central Asia: “teaching the people of the Kirgiz Steppe, the small Uzbek cotton grower, and…
One Little Country Blocks Moscow’s Domination Of The Entire Middle East: Azerbaijan
A dangerously lazy habit has taken hold in Western countries of drifting in and out of geostrategic imperatives around the world, letting regional balances shift…
Attack in Istanbul precursor to ISIS strike on Saudi oil
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the shooting in a nightclub in Istanbul on New Year’s Eve, in which a gunman – who is still at…
UN hails Syria truce
The United Nations Security Council on Saturday welcomed a ceasefire in the Syrian civil war, but rebel groups threatened to abandon the two-day-old truce if…