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Cutting the US-Iran Gordian knot at Munich
16 Feb 2020
Iran has demonstrated both its capacity to inflict colossal damage to US assets as well as its preference for strategic restraint.
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Syria: M5 Highway Secured, Time for Truce
15 Feb 2020
The entire Turkish strategy of using terrorist groups as proxies in the 9-year Syrian conflict is crumbling.
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AAP Victory: Road Map for India’s Opposition
13 Feb 2020
The heart of the matter is that Kejriwal has presented to the country an ‘alt-politics’, which makes the Delhi election result a highly significant signpost for the future.
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US Rolls Out New Central Asia Strategy
11 Feb 2020
Today, the US is inserting itself into a new paradigm where Russia still remains the archetypal rival while there is also the “Chinese factor” to contend with.
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Russia Rejects Turkish Narrative on Syria
10 Feb 2020
The Russian reaction to Turkey’s latest military moves in the northwestern Syrian province of Idli
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US Uneasy as Iraq Gets New Prime Minister
05 Feb 2020
There is much angst in the American mind that Mohammed Allawi may not only restructure US-Iraqi relations, but eventually take the winds out of sails of so-called protests backed by US and its…
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Putin Ushers Russia Into Transition Period
04 Feb 2020
It is an article of faith for Putin that Russia must maintain strong presidency. But Russia is entering a new political era. And Putin will not remain president when his term ends in 2024.
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Moscow pips Pompeo at the Syrian post
30 Jan 2020
Soleimani had a pivotal role in welding the disparate militia groups into an effective fighting force against ISIS and al-Qaeda affiliates.
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Russia Stood by Iran in Showdown with US
28 Jan 2020
Russia can do is to make the probability of a conflict even less likely by aiding Iran to defend itself, by providing it with electronic warfare tools and other high-end arms that would raise the…
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US Plotting Return of ‘Strongman’ in Iraq
23 Jan 2020
In the prevailing vacuum, the leader of Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government, Nechirvan Barzani, is known to be only too keen to make himself useful to the Americans