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As Strait Of Hormuz Chokes, What Options Do Gulf States Really Have?
Hormuz has long been understood as one of the world's central trade chokepoints. It normally carries around 20 million barrels of crude and oil products each day
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Opinion | Iran May Be Doing With Its Nukes What Another 'Rogue' Regime Did 20 Years Ago
As events since the war have shown, hardliners and the IRGC are running the show in Iran and are more likely to agree with the North Korean logic that the only safeguard against a future invasion is a nuclear deterrent.
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Opinion | Pak Is Finally Back In Middle East's 'Good Books'. But Can It Stay There?
This is both an enviable and challenging space to be in for the only Islamic nation in the world that has nuclear weapons.
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Opinion | Can Saudi Arabia, Now Alone At The Top, Manage To Keep Oil Stable?
With the UAE's exit, Saudi Arabia will remain the only swing producer with sufficient spare capacity to exert market influence and respond to supply shocks. This will constrain the grouping's leveraging power.
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Opinion | UAE Can Now Easily Meet An Old American 'Demand'. But There's A Casualty: Saudi
Though the timing of the UAE's actions appears paradoxical at first, a deeper evaluation reveals the strategy.
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Opinion | No Peace With 'Peacebroker'? Why Iran Just Bombed A Pak-Based Terror Camp
Just last week, Iran carried out strikes on terror camps inside Pakistan, targeting Jaish-al-Adl, an organisation that has long been operating in the border regions.
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The Saudis Could Help End The War. Will The US Listen?
A war in the Middle East probably wasn't what Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney had in mind in Davos earlier this year, when he made a pitch for the world's so-called middle powers to join together in a world defined by increasingly aggressive military juggernauts. Nevertheless, his theory is being simultaneously proven and tested in the Persi...
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Opinion | An End To US-Iran War Is Hiding In Plain Sight - If They Can See It
Under this arrangement, the White House could sell a narrative of punitive victory, while Iran could claim that it did not surrender. This is how that could be done...
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Opinion | India Is Losing A Multibillion-Dollar 'Asset', Thanks To Trump
At a grand G20 ceremony in Delhi, India unveiled its most ambitious trade corridor. Halfway across the world, forces beyond its control are now derailing that vision.
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Opinion | Iran's Game Of Thrones: Inside The 'Group' That Wants Ghalibaf Gone, And No Deal
A section of the IRGC is firmly opposed to any negotiations and would like the war to continue in the hope of a total victory. Another faction would like negotiations, but with maximalist demands on the US.
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As Strait Of Hormuz Chokes, What Options Do Gulf States Really Have?
Hormuz has long been understood as one of the world's central trade chokepoints. It normally carries around 20 million barrels of crude and oil products each day
-
Opinion | Iran May Be Doing With Its Nukes What Another 'Rogue' Regime Did 20 Years Ago
As events since the war have shown, hardliners and the IRGC are running the show in Iran and are more likely to agree with the North Korean logic that the only safeguard against a future invasion is a nuclear deterrent.
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Opinion | Pak Is Finally Back In Middle East's 'Good Books'. But Can It Stay There?
This is both an enviable and challenging space to be in for the only Islamic nation in the world that has nuclear weapons.
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Opinion | Can Saudi Arabia, Now Alone At The Top, Manage To Keep Oil Stable?
With the UAE's exit, Saudi Arabia will remain the only swing producer with sufficient spare capacity to exert market influence and respond to supply shocks. This will constrain the grouping's leveraging power.
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Opinion | UAE Can Now Easily Meet An Old American 'Demand'. But There's A Casualty: Saudi
Though the timing of the UAE's actions appears paradoxical at first, a deeper evaluation reveals the strategy.
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Opinion | No Peace With 'Peacebroker'? Why Iran Just Bombed A Pak-Based Terror Camp
Just last week, Iran carried out strikes on terror camps inside Pakistan, targeting Jaish-al-Adl, an organisation that has long been operating in the border regions.
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The Saudis Could Help End The War. Will The US Listen?
A war in the Middle East probably wasn't what Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney had in mind in Davos earlier this year, when he made a pitch for the world's so-called middle powers to join together in a world defined by increasingly aggressive military juggernauts. Nevertheless, his theory is being simultaneously proven and tested in the Persi...
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Opinion | An End To US-Iran War Is Hiding In Plain Sight - If They Can See It
Under this arrangement, the White House could sell a narrative of punitive victory, while Iran could claim that it did not surrender. This is how that could be done...
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Opinion | India Is Losing A Multibillion-Dollar 'Asset', Thanks To Trump
At a grand G20 ceremony in Delhi, India unveiled its most ambitious trade corridor. Halfway across the world, forces beyond its control are now derailing that vision.
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Opinion | Iran's Game Of Thrones: Inside The 'Group' That Wants Ghalibaf Gone, And No Deal
A section of the IRGC is firmly opposed to any negotiations and would like the war to continue in the hope of a total victory. Another faction would like negotiations, but with maximalist demands on the US.
