Iran and the GCC: Prospects for a Grand Reconciliation

To realize shared priorities and fulfill the Persian Gulf’s potential as a global cornerstone for energy and trade, hardline Gulf Continue reading →

Interview: On the end of the Syrian war and the “post-imperial Middle East” (Part 2)

  Interview by Patrick Lawrence in Salon. Read Part 1 here. In part one of my exchange with Sharmine Narwani, the Continue reading →

Interview: On the secret history of America’s defeat in Syria (Part 1)

By Patrick Lawrence in Salon. When the war in Syria was recently declared decisively over, there were few correspondents or witnesses Continue reading →

Iran nuclear deal: Why Empire blinked first

We’ve now spent three weeks watching American politicians argue needlessly over the Iran nuclear deal. For or against, they all Continue reading →

Cold War II: Interview with Nikolay Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian Security Council

Rossiyskaya Gazeta, October 15, 2014 by Ivan Yegorov “The sobering up of the Ukrainians will be harsh and painful” In an interview Continue reading →

The US’s Afghan Exit May Depend on a Syrian One

Washington’s options in Syria are dwindling – and dwindling fast. Trumped up chemical weapons charges against the Syrian government this Continue reading →

BRICS Summit draws clear red lines on Syria, Iran

By Sharmine Narwani The BRICS just became impossible to ignore. At the close of the Fifth annual BRICS Summit in Continue reading →

Russia and China: Arms Around the Middle East

By Sharmine Narwani Russia and China have drawn a great deal of censure this past year for resisting UN Security Continue reading →