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A Window of Opportunity Opens Up for the Lebanese

After 13 months of political vacuum, a new government was finally announced in Lebanon, led by Najib Mikati, a 65-year-old Lebanese billionaire who headed the cabinet in 2005 and also in 2011-2013. He ranks 446th in the list of the world's wealthiest people with at least $2.6 billion in capital. Initially, he played the role of a compromise prime minister to lead...

Vladimir Platov

Washington’s Rift with Riyadh Grows Deeper

With Joe Biden’s arrival in the White House, several irritants have once again come to the forefront in US-Saudi Arabia relations. The Saudis are unhappy with President Biden’s intention to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in relations with Iran, as well as the US refusal to see the Houthi movement in Yemen as a “terrorist organization...

Vladimir Danilov

The Biden Administration Rips US-Saudia Alliance Apart

While the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks has been marked by the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the end of the US’ longest ever war is also seeing some significant changes in the US geo-politics. Specifically, the arrival of Joe Biden in the White House has set in motion forces that could dramatically redefine the nature of US ties with one of its closest allies...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Middle-Easterners Left To Die Because “Local Knowledge” Is Not Profitable for Westerners

Seth Ferris

Lebanon on the Verge of a Possible Solution to the Ongoing Crisis

Viktor Mikhin

Why is Iran Joining the SCO?

Vladimir Platov

Has the “Cold War” between Turkey and the UAE Ended?

Vladimir Odintsov

King of Jordan Takes Over Regional Settlement

Vladimir Danilov

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