Posted on Fri, September 9, 2011 at 02:07 am CEST
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Erdogan drives toward armed clash with Israel

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan this week coolly moved his country step by provocative step towards an armed clash with Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Security and Defense • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, August 29, 2011 at 23:06 pm CEST
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End of Gaddafi era: Iranian media on developments in Libya

In recent days the Iranian media has given considerable attention to the developments in Libya… Continue reading

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Libya War 
Posted on Thu, August 11, 2011 at 01:24 am CEST
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Curbing Tehran’s Nuclear Ambitions: Tightening the Economic Noose

Are sanctions capable of derailing Tehran’s nuclear drive? Some skeptics reject such measures altogether… Continue reading

Topics: Cyber War • Economy • Human Rights • Iran • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Nations 
Posted on Mon, August 1, 2011 at 12:36 pm CEST
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Subsidy policy reform as seen by an Iranian citizen: housewife’s letter to Ahmadinejad

This week the conservative daily Khorasan published a letter sent by an Iranian housewife to President Ahmadinejad… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran 
Posted on Sat, July 23, 2011 at 19:27 pm CEST
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When will Egypt go broke?

With demonstrators back on Tahrir Square in Cairo, Western media outlets once again are focused on the demands of urban protesters… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Economy • Egypt • G8 • GCC 
Posted on Wed, July 20, 2011 at 18:44 pm CEST
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A Tainted Alliance: The Rise and Fall of American Influence in Iran

The memory of centuries of foreign manipulation and interference is a constant factor in the foreign and domestic policy of modern Iran… Continue reading

Topics: Alon Sheinberg • Anti-Americanism • Britain • Iran • Russian Federation • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, July 19, 2011 at 23:30 pm CEST
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Sudan’s “Two-State Solution”

Good news from the Middle East is that rarest of all things… Continue reading

Topics: South Sudan • Sudan 
Posted on Thu, July 7, 2011 at 21:59 pm CEST
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Why Is the U.S. in Libya? Good Question

Listening to President Barack Obama talk about the administration’s Libya policy is a strange experience… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Libya War • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, June 15, 2011 at 14:01 pm CEST
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The Emptying of Yemen

For the first time in its exceedingly long history, Yemen now threatens the outside world… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Saudi Arabia • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Yemen 
Posted on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 01:43 am CEST
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President Obama’s Middle East and North Africa Speech, May 19, 2011

Official release of President Obama’s Middle East and North Africa speech… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Islamic Countries • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Maghreb • Palestinian Authority • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Wed, March 30, 2011 at 21:17 pm CEST
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Multiple Crises – Yemen Next

Since the ousting of Tunisia’s Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Egypt’s Husni Mubarak, the change Yemen is undergoing is lost in the dramatic events… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Arab Spring • Yemen 
Posted on Mon, March 28, 2011 at 23:45 pm CEST
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Nuclear and Gas Pipeline Woes Trouble Russian-Turkish Energy Partnership

The nuclear disaster in Japan has further complicated the complex energy relationship between Turkey and Russia… Continue reading

Topics: Russian Federation • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, March 16, 2011 at 18:05 pm CET
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Obama Accepts Prospect of Nuclear-Armed Iran

During the four days between Thursday March 4 and Monday March 7, the Obama administration switched its Iran policy… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Israel • Saudi Arabia • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Nations 
Posted on Mon, March 14, 2011 at 01:43 am CET
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No Problem Here? Egypt Apparently Has Already Ended Gas Shipments to Israel

There’s nothing to worry about, we are told, of course Egypt wants to get the money from gas shipments, right? Ideology and politics are… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Israel 
Posted on Wed, March 9, 2011 at 17:30 pm CET
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Gaddafi: The Libyan People ‘will take up Arms against Western Powers’ if Attacked

The Libyan people will take up arms against Western powers if they seek to enforce a no-fly zone in their country’s airspace… Continue reading

Topics: Libya • Libya War • NATO • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Nations 
Posted on Wed, March 9, 2011 at 01:31 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Saudis fear ‘Shia triangle’ of Iran, Iraq and Pakistan

America is often portrayed as the big dog in Pakistan’s yard: a swaggering power that makes rules, barks orders and throws its weight around… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Iraq • Pakistan • Saudi Arabia • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Thu, March 3, 2011 at 18:49 pm CET
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Tehran’s hands-off Threat to Riyadh Incites Saudi Shiites to Revolt

Ahead of the first Day of Anger planned in Saudi Arabia for March 11, a senior Iranian figure close to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Iran • Saudi Arabia • Shi'ism • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • The Middle East 
Posted on Sun, February 27, 2011 at 16:10 pm CET
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End is Near for Qaddafi: Rebels Take Over Most of Libya

Virtually the entire world has turned against Qaddafi, with the Arab League, the United Nations Security Council and Western powers demanding he end his slaughter… Continue reading

Topics: Arab League • Arab Spring • Democracy • Libya • Libya War • The Middle East • United Nations 
Posted on Fri, February 25, 2011 at 20:29 pm CET
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Libya: US Military Advisers in Cyrenaica

Hundreds of US, British and French military advisers have arrived in Cyrenaica, Libya’s eastern breakaway province… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • France • Libya • Libya War • United States of America 
Posted on Thu, February 10, 2011 at 01:14 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Saudi Arabia Cannot Pump Enough Oil to Keep a Lid on Prices

The US fears that Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude oil exporter, may not have enough reserves to prevent oil prices escalating, confidential cables from… Continue reading

Topics: OPEC • Saudi Arabia • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Tue, February 8, 2011 at 00:09 am CET
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WikiLeaks: The Egyptian View of the Middle East

WikiLeaks cable about Egyptian foreign policy: Cairo-Baghdad Relations, Iranian ‘devils’, Syria and Turkey… Continue reading

Topics: Arab League • Egypt • Iran • Iraq • Syria • The Middle East • Turkey • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Thu, February 3, 2011 at 00:27 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Is Saudi boom reaching its limits?

With temperatures reaching 115 degrees, the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia is both literally and metaphorically “too darn hot.” With vast investments being made in oil and… Continue reading

Topics: Saudi Arabia • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Wed, February 2, 2011 at 03:47 am CET
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Egypt’s Revolution: A Simple Guide

The first issue is whether only the ruler or the entire regime is going to fall. The mere resignation of President Husni Mubarak from office would not be a huge problem… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Global Islam • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East • United States of America 
Posted on Mon, January 17, 2011 at 00:57 am CET
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Concerns in Iran over South Sudan Referendum

This week, Iran’s conservative press expressed dissatisfaction with and concern over the referendum held in Sudan, in which the African residents of southern Sudan will decide if they… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Sudan 
Posted on Mon, January 10, 2011 at 02:49 am CET
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Tensions Between India and Iran Escalate

This week, Iran’s media have extensively covered the escalating tensions between Iran and India following last week’s announcement by the Indian Central Bank that Iran will not be able to sell oil to India unless… Continue reading

Topics: India • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran