Middle East

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The Establishment Of Armenian-Pakistani Diplomatic Ties Is Part Of A Larger Powerplay

It’s about turbocharging the emerging Turkish-Azeri-Pak bloc by giving Islamabad access to TRIPP for facilitating trade with Turkiye and Europe in order to consolidate this bloc’s sway across Central Asia. The Armenian and Pakistani Foreign Ministers signed a joint communique on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Tianjin establishing diplomatic ties. […]

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Blunting Justice: Trump And The International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court bash fest is getting ever more frenetic in Washington and among the law shredding members of the Netanyahu cabinet in Israel.  Last month, the Trump administration smacked sanctions on judicial members Kimberly Prost of Canada and Nicolas Guillou of France via Executive Order 14203.  Prosecutors also […]

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The Future Of Gaza As Seen From The White House

President Donald Trump, who had rebuffed Benjamin Netanyahu when he came to ask him to annex Gaza, is now preparing to take control of the Palestinian territory. While Tel Aviv is preparing to annex the entire Mandate of Palestine and, on the contrary, Egypt and Jordan are preparing to hand […]

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Nuclear Snobbery And Atomic Anniversaries

How do we commemorate it?  The atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War on August 6 and 9, 1945 by the United States remain the only examples of the use of such a weapon in history.  Rather than banishing any temptation to use them, the wholehearted […]

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Turkey’s ‘Mavi Vatan’: Erdogan’s Ambitions And A New Challenge In The Mediterranean

Last Sunday, Istanbul hosted a grand naval parade as part of the “Mavi Vatan” (“Blue Homeland”) Technofest, which vividly showcased Turkey’s ambitious foreign policy strategy. The centerpiece of the event was a procession of flagship vessels of the Turkish Navy, including the amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu, the historic yacht […]

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Useful Expedient: Expelling Iran’s Ambassador To Australia

The rank odour of opportunity seems to have presented itself to Australia’s Albanese government.  To balance its apparently principled promise to recognise Palestinian statehood come the 80th United Nations General Assembly next month, it seemed only fair that some firm measure be taken against another Islamic outfit to balance the ledger.  The Israelis […]