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Russian Recluse Vladimir Putin Is on the Loose Alliance Building

The reception Russian President Vladimir Putin received for his visit with the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, was nothing short of exquisite. The Russian president’s arrival was met with ceremonies no U.S. president ever received. The spectacle in Abu Dhabi rivalled even that of Pope Francis in November. The events culminated at the imposing Qasr Al Watan Palace, where both leaders seemed dwarfed by the extravagance of one of the world’s finest landmarks of art and culture in the world. The welcoming must-have been puzzling for Americans…

Phil Butler

US Seeks Plausible Deniability as it Lights Middle East on Fire

A surprising change of tone came from the Pentagon in early December. After weeks of devastating Israeli military operations inside Gaza, the US Secretary of Defense implored Israel to demonstrate restraint and concern for the civilian population. The Hill in its early December 2023 article, “Israel risks ‘strategic defeat’ if civilians aren’t protected, Pentagon chief says,” would report: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Israel risks a “strategic defeat” if it does not work to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza amid its war on militant group Hamas in the region…

Brian Berletic

Turkey’s political grandstanding fails to bring any practical results

The latest Palestinian-Israeli conflict has once again focused the attention of media and politicians around the world on the situation in the Middle East. In the second month of the ongoing war, it is evident (as on previous occasions when protracted hostilities broke out between Palestine and Israel) that the international community is divided in its assessments of and reactions to the situation. The US and most European countries are still unequivocally pro-Israeli, both in terms of their statements and their more tangible support. The Islamic world, as far as its verbal declarations…

Alexandr Svaranc

Putin’s Middle East Trip Deals a Blow to Washington

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Rapprochement Between Turkey and Iran Amid the Gaza Conflict

Alexandr Svaranc

Secret 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement, Impact on the Middle East: Palestinian-Arab Israeli Conflict

Seth Ferris

Europe: new developments in Palestinian politics

Viktor Mikhin

Iran will not be targeted by the US

Alexandr Svaranc

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