The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel are working on a plan to establish a spy base in the Yemeni Island of Socotra, according to JForum, the official sites of the Jewish and French-speaking community. The two countries, which normalised relations earlier this month, have already undertaken steps to install …
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Turkey to shoot down UAE jets if Turkish sovereignty violated
Turkey will not hesitate to shoot down any United Arab Emirates (UAE) aircraft if Turkish sovereignty is violated in the eastern Mediterranean, Al-Quds Al-Araby reported on Friday.
Read More »U.S. – China Trade War Phase One Negotiations: What to Expect
Phase one trade negotiations between the United States and China recently started at the end of August amid heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing.
Read More »The Israel-UAE Deal: Implications and Second-Order Effects
The normalization deal between Israel and the UAE may simply unearth a longstanding covert working relationship, but it could also have important second-order effects.
Read More »U.S. Downshifting in Iraq
Plans to withdraw one-third of the U.S. force from Iraq indicates that exercising significant U.S influence in the country is no longer a major priority.
Read More »Bringing Islamic State Terrorists to Justice
On August 18, 2020, the United States decided it would not pursue a death penalty case against two Islamic State terrorists, Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, commonly referred to by their nickname ‘The Beatles.’
Read More »How ‘QUAD’ To Counter China On The Lines Of NATO
The first-round between China and US, from the past couple of months, has gone to the US side, as surely and certainly a lot is happening in terms of geo-politics, a change in what is called as ‘an old guard’ is taking place, as new blocs are getting formed and …
Read More »The Case for Israel as a Criminal Enterprise
Missing from thoughtful decision is that the Emirates bewildering moment and the shattered Palestinian moment are due to a misrepresentation of what is called the Middle East conflict. The misrepresentation has led to a fallacious approach for rectification, and an impasse for obtaining peace with justice.
Read More »Prigozhin’s patriot An oligarch-linked political strategist is running in Russia’s regional elections despite being imprisoned in Libya
Political consultants associated with Evgeny Prigozhin — the catering magnate with alleged ties to mercenaries, troll factories, and Vladimir Putin — are campaigning for the “Rodina” political party’s nominees ahead of regional parliamentary elections in Russia’s Komi Republic. Prigozhin apparently has a vested interest in seeing Rodina’s candidates succeed: first …
Read More »The Real Palestinian Tragedy
Unlike their leaders, however, the Palestinians living in Syria and Iraq do not appear to be worried about the Israel-UAE accord. These Palestinians have more existential concerns — such as providing shelter for their children and safe drinking water for their families. They are disturbed about the homes they have …
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