Essay: What Trump’s victory means for Ukraine, the Middle East, China and the rest of the world
In an article first published on The Conversation, STEFAN WOLFF, professor of international security at the University of Birmingham, looks at what Trump election may mean…
Essay: A year of escalating conflict in the Middle East has ushered in a new era of regional displacement
In an article first published on The Conversation, scholars of migration NICHOLAS R MICINSKI and KELSEY NORMAN fear the results of the displacements in the Middle East will effect the region for years…
Essay: An Israeli invasion could push an already unstable Lebanon over the edge into total state collapse
In an article first published on The Conversation, IMAD EL-ANIS, associate professor in international relations at Nottingham Trent University in the UK, says an escalating war in Lebanon could see it fail as a state…
UN Security Council countries express alarm over risk of all-out Middle East war
Reuters United Nations Security Council countries on Wednesday called for stepped-up diplomatic efforts to avert a wider Middle East conflict after the killings of two militant leaders raised tensions. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran early on Wednesday, sparking threats of revenge against Israel and fueling concern the Gaza conflict […]
Don’t bomb Beirut: US leads push to rein in Israel’s response
Reuters The United States is leading a diplomatic dash to deter Israel from striking Lebanon’s capital Beirut or major civil infrastructure in response to a deadly rocket attack on the Golan Heights, five people with knowledge of the drive said. Washington is racing to avert a full-blown war between Israel and the Iranian-backed Lebanese movement […]
Analysis – Tougher tone on Israel, steady on NATO: how a Harris foreign policy could look
Washington DC, US Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to stick largely to Joe Biden’s foreign policy playbook on key issues such as Ukraine, China and Iran but could strike a tougher tone with Israel over the Gaza war if she replaces the President at the top of the Democratic ticket and wins the […]
Essay: Shadow war no more – hostilities between Israel and Iran have strayed into direct warfare. Is there any going back?
In an article first published on The Conversation, JAVED ALI, an expert on national security and the Middle East, looks at the background to the escalating conflict in the Middle East…
Snapshot: Muscat, Oman
See LAURA TOMMASINA’s image… Via Unsplash Muscat, Oman
Missile attacks across Middle East raise Gaza escalation risks
Washington DC, US/Baghdad, Iraq Reuters Missile attacks in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen on Saturday threw into sharp focus the increasing risk of the war in Gaza triggering a wider regional conflict pitting Iran and its allies against Israel and the United States. Iran said five of its Revolutionary Guards were killed in a missile […]
Essay: Siding with peace in the Middle East
BRIDGET MOIX, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation in the US, says, in an article first published on Religion News Service, that the future for Palestinians and Israelis is being erased each passing day…