In going along with Israeli plans to fight a major war against Iran, Trump has shown none of the wisdom of former President Barack Obama.
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The US-Israeli war against Iran is not mainly about Iran’s nuclear or ballistic missiles programme, but instead is intended to prepare the ground for the emergence of a “Greater Israel” in the region.
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Will the Board of Peace set up by Trump turn out to be simply a talking shop designed to cover up the Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank?
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Last week’s Munich Security Conference saw a serious attempt by the Europeans and Americans to mend their fences and to push for a trans-Atlantic re-engagement.
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Both the new and the former US National Defence strategies agree that Israel is a model ally of the United States in the Middle East and Iran is its designated enemy, writes Hussein Haridy
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The recently released 2026 US National Defence Strategy says that the US will now be putting America first and promoting peace through military strength.
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This year’s World Economic Forum meetings at the Swiss resort town of Davos saw participants predicting the emergence of a new and more chaotic world, writes Hussein Haridy
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The developments underway in Iran could be the catalyst for an entente cordiale between Washington and Tehran that would benefit both capitals.
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The two summit meetings scheduled between the US and China later this year will be an opportunity for the two countries to overcome their diverging views of foreign policy.
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Israel’s recognition of the breakaway Somali province of Somaliland can be explained by its desire to control the southern entrance of the Red Sea.
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The 2025 US National Security Strategy marks the passage from the era of liberalism in American politics to one of international realism.
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Last week, I wrote about the US 2025 National Security Strategy released on 6 December by the Trump administration that outlines its strategic priorities and the basic principles that underlie them.
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The 2025 US National Security Strategy reverses some US national security priorities and reorders the world’s geography according to the interests of the United States.
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The October 2023 attacks would likely not have taken place had the road set out by former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in the 1993 Oslo Accords been followed.
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Two events that changed the course of history have taken place on 22 November, one in the US and the other in Europe.
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There are growing fears that the Yellow Line now dividing the Gaza Strip could become a Middle East version of the Berlin Wall.
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China is putting itself in a credible position to challenge American military dominance of the Asia-Pacific region by mid-century, writes Hussein Haridy
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The recent summit in South Korea between Trump and Xi succeeded in averting major escalation in a tariffs war.
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Will the US allow Israel to wreck Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, likely to be the signature foreign-policy achievement of his second term.
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The Gaza peace agreement and international summit in Sharm El-Sheikh demonstrate the commitment of Al-Sisi and US President Donald Trump to peace in the Middle East.
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