Op-ed

Farzad Ramezani Bonesh Senior Researcher and Political Analyst The history of relations between Iran and Oman dates back to the history of the two countries. Iran and Oman have different potentials for growth due to their geographical and neighborhood proximity and also having common religious, cultural and other …

Giancarlo Elia Valori Nowadays all coastal countries are taking action at maritime level by creating Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) and this happens also in the already crowded Mediterranean, thus redesigning power projections, possible future agreements and future alliances. It is Turkey, however, which has currently allied with al-Sarraj’s …

Russia laid down two gas pipelines from its territory, one from the topmost northern hemisphere, famously named as “Nord Stream” and the most advanced, latest with all rights “Turk Stream”; that passes through Turkey, a nation that now finds pride in being able to connect Russia with the …

Giancarlo Elia Valori Strategy and geopolitics are like Aristotelian physics: there is no vacuum. In fact, just as Italy is leaving the fundamental Libyan area to its destiny and hence to the other powers, Turkey is inaugurating its new African and Mediterranean geopolitics. The Treaty signed on November …

Athens is becoming a crucial pro-American player at the center of important security issues in the Eastern Mediterranean. The United States must take advantage of this budding relationship, as part of a renewed strategic focus on the region. In his recent White House meeting with President Donald Trump, …

As bitter of a pill it is to swallow in watching a good and reliable partner fall under the thumb of hostile actors, policymakers and foreign policy experts can avoid future calamities by developing realistic and deliberative long-term strategies that support America’s diplomats and armed forces serving as …

Trump has shown great restraint in the Middle East. He did not fire back after the September attacks on Saudi oil facilities. He has given measured, proportional responses, similar to Reagan’s restraint when Iran took out an American warship in 1988. And despite a publicly confrontational posture, he …

Giancarlo Elia Valori The prologue in Heaven of this topic took place in France, in the last flash of the profound and integral scientific philosophy of a Europe that, years later, Benedetto Croce called “civil”. In fact, pending the First World War, Henri Bergson, the brilliant and powerful …

Shehab Al Makahleh  Jordanians are much more pessimistic in 2020 than ever whereas the Jordanian government sees that this year is promising and will have direct positive impact on people’s livelihoods. However, realistic experts do believe that 2020 is a decisive year for the Middle East region in …