August, 2024

• 19 August

  Iran Update, August 16, 2024

  

  The United States and foreign mediators seem to be attempting to delay or indefinitely postpone an Iranian and Hezbollah attack targeting Israel by both threatening Iran and presenting a potential ceasefire-hostage agreement as an off-ramp from further regional escalation. Both the United States and Israel have signaled that a strike …

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• 19 August

  Mr. Abbas goes to Moscow and Ankara

  

  In his jaunts abroad, the 88-year-old leader of the Palestinian Authority reinforced the very message he hoped to undermine—that there are no credible, trustworthy leaders on the Palestinian side. Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, has clung to power for so long that an entire generation of Palestinians …

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• 19 August

  Sahel: The New Front In The Ukraine-Russia War – Analysis

  

  On 24 February 2022, when Russia began its airstrike in the Donbas region of Ukraine, no one imagined it to become a full-blown war, nor that it would continue for so long. Yet, more than two years later, the metastasising war goes on. Despite the distance, the repercussions of the …

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• 19 August

  US-Ukraine-Russian War: Is It About The Money? – OpEd

  

  Well, “the cat is out of the bag, now.” Thanks to US Senator Lindsey Graham, everyone knows one of the more compelling reasons behind the Ukraine war with Russia. And it has little to do with Kiev’s “agency,” “democracy,” and “liberalism.” The latter are merely ‘talking points’ for public consumption …

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• 19 August

  Iran’s Plans For Region Were Interrupted By Haniyeh Killing – Analysis

  

  Following the sudden death of Iran’s president, Ibrahim Raisi, the reformist politician Masoud Pezeshkian won the snap election to replace the hard-liner, a possible successor to supreme leader Ali Khamenei. Pezeshkian campaigned on a program of change, but not changing the system. He supports negotiating a nuclear deal with the …

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• 19 August

  How Everything Became National Security

  

  And National Security Became Everything In American politics, labeling something a matter of “national security” automatically elevates its importance. In the language of foreign policy observers, national security questions, such as regulating weapons of mass destruction, are matters of “high politics,” whereas other issues, such as human rights, are “low …

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• 19 August

  Spotlight on Iran

  

  This week as well, senior Iranian officials continued to threaten a harsh response to the killing of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. They stressed Iran’s right to attack Israel despite political messages to Tehran to refrain from a direct attack on Israel. At the same time, it seems that the Iranian …

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• 19 August

  Ukraine’s Kursk Incursion Undermines Russia’s Veneer of Stability

  

  As Russia’s border regions come under attack from Ukraine, the dissonance between the illusion of peaceful life and the wartime reality for residents evacuated away from shelling is too stark to be hushed up. The surprise incursion by the Ukrainian military into Russia’s Kursk region has been under way for …

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• 15 August

  The Ukraine War And The Future World Order – OpEd

  

  Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the nations of the former Eastern Bloc began to pursue joint European military and security cooperation. This shift was embodied in various treaties and agreements, including the Maastricht Treaty, the Treaty of Amsterdam, the St. Malo Declaration, the Cologne Conference, and the Treaty …

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• 15 August

  Russia Is Being Drawn Deeper Into the Middle East Conflict

  

  A steady flow of Russian weapons to Tehran could change the balance of power in the region, potentially triggering a response from the United States and Israel. The Middle East is experiencing a level of conflict unseen for decades. The spiral of escalation that began with the terrorist attacks against …

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