Mohammed bin Salman Has Forged a Third Way for the Arab World
Saudi Arabia now has a leader whose ambition to lead the kingdom and the Arab world is not predicated on a patron-client relationship with the United States.
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Lebanon’s Current Crisis Echoes Its World War I Great Famine
Should the United States continue inconsistently checking the power of the so-called Iranian-led Axis of Resistance without offering an outlet of relief to Lebanese, in much the same way that World War I’s Allied forces tried to subdue the Ottoman government in the Levant, they are doomed to be sacrificed on the altar of the American-Iranian struggle for power in the Middle East.
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Day After In Afghanistan: Importance Of Reviving US-Pakistan Intelligence Cooperation – Analysis
The recent terror attack at Kabul airport by an affiliate of the Salafi-jihadi Islamic State, the Islamic State-Khorasan, was a fresh reminder that Salafi-jihadis have been regrouping and focusing their timely attacks on soft targets meant to create deadly pandemonium and inflict harm and damage on American personnel and policies.
Read MoreTHE FUTURE OF NON-STATE ACTORS IN THE MIDDLE EAST: HEZBOLLAH AND AL HASH AL SHA’BI
I thank General Khalil Helou and the Board Members of Lebanon National Convention for giving me the opportunity to deliver a keynote address to Lebanon National Congress on the Future of Non-State actors in the Middle East.
Read MoreAfter Israel-Hamas ceasefire, what next?
With Israel’s government accepting an Egyptian ceasefire plan to end the Hamas-Israel conflagration, the question now is what should be done to prevent a future similar deadly scenario.
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