Daily Signal interviewed Elin Suleymanov, the Azerbaijani ambassador to the U.S. Most of the world has a stake in a potential U.S.-led nuclear deal with Iran. But some places are uniquely positioned to evaluate it. Take Azerbaijan, a small country that borders Iran and Russia and is friends with …
Read More »“Caspian Sea status is just one side of the coin in Trans Caspian project”
News.Az interviews Agata Loskot-Strachota, Energy Policy research fellow at Poland’s Centre for Eastern Studies. Development of gas supply routes, designed to solve the problem of Russia’s monopoly, is one of the main things that the EU is concerned. What projects do you consider the most viable? EU has …
Read More »What Went Wrong in Iraq? An Interview with David Petraeus
David Petraeus is the former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He was the commander of US forces in Iraq in 2007-2008, when he oversaw the surge of US troops that ended Iraq’s sectarian violence. Petraeus also commanded all coalition forces in Iraq. He was at the …
Read More »GCC to draft common rules to fight terror
The Peninsula An expert committee appointed by the GCC countries has prepared extensive rules and regulations for preparing a blacklist of terrorist organisations and individuals. The criteria are waiting for approval by the authorities and would be implemented soon after to counter terrorist threats to member countries from …
Read More »Bahrain’s crackdown on free speech could inflame sectarian tensions
By Emanuel Stoakes On April 2, Nabeel Rajab, one of Bahrain’s most prominent human rights activists, was arrested and detained for critical comments about the monarchy that he posted on Twitter. It was his second arrest in six months for the same offense. His latest tweet to his quarter …
Read More »A Kingdom Of Young Leaders
IT IS a new era for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is considered the start of the fourth State where the pillars have been strengthened by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Abdulaziz since he assumed power a few months ago. King Salman took quick …
Read More »Saudi king resets succession, changes crown prince
The Daily Sabah The prince becomes the first from among his generation to be elevated to such a high position first in line to the throne. He has survived several assassination attempts, including one in 2009 by al-Qaida. He takes over the post of crown prince from Prince …
Read More »Post-election scenarios in Turkey, by the numbers
By MURAT YETKİN Hurriyet Daily Turkey is set to have its most critical elections in decades on June 7. It is particularly critical because President Tayyip Erdoğan has shifted the primary aim of the elections to being more than just forming a new parliament and government with a crushing …
Read More »Migrants Challenge Europe’s Comfort Zone
By: JUDY DEMPSEY Strategic Europe European leaders hardly needed a summit to agree on how to cope with the thousands of refugees who are trying desperately to reach the shores of Europe. After a brief lull during the winter months, refugees from North Africa have begun again risking …
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