A Long, Hot Summer for Eastern Mediterranean Gas Politics
In the past month, there has been a flurry of diplomatic activity between countries that, typically, don’t get along:...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
A Long, Hot Summer for Eastern Mediterranean Gas Politics
A nation must think before it acts.
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The Eagle in the South Caucasus: Armenia Tests Alternative Geopolitical Waters
On September 11, US and Armenian troops kicked off the “Eagle Partner” joint military exercise at the Zar and...
Empowering Iraq: The $27 Billion Deal for Iraq’s Energy Sufficiency
This past July, Iraq and France’s TotalEnergies finalized the Gas Growth Integrated Project, a $27 billion energy deal aimed...
Biden’s Bombs: The Dance of Ethics and Interests
On July 7, 2023, at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky, operators carefully placed an M55 rocket filled...
Biden’s Middle East Balancing Act: Iran’s Nuclear Program and Saudi-Israeli Ties
For some months now, officials in Washington and other world capitals assumed that diplomatic efforts to reach a deal...
Drone Wars over Moscow
Twice this week, drones attacked a building housing government ministries in Moscow. The Kremlin immediately blamed Ukraine. Ukrainian officials...
Autonomy Curbed? Kurdish Oil Exports Hit Snags from Turkey and Baghdad
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies. ...
Water and Climate Change Will Shape Iraq-Turkey Relations
With Recep Tayyip Erdogan re-elected in May as Turkey’s president for five more years, it is water and related...
New Canal Threatens the Peace Between the Taliban and Central Asia
When the Taliban entered Kabul in mid-August 2021, the Central Asian governments, with the exception of the Tajik government,...
The Long Game: Saudi Arabia and Professional Golf
When the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Tour commenced in 2022, most observers dismissed the spectacle as sportswashing. Sportswashing refers to...