Reading Time: 3 minutes The coups may have ended differently, but both are consequential for Middle East stability
Tag: Middle East
Reining in Iran: Middle East politics at a crossroads
Reading Time: 3 minutes If the arc of Iran’s influence grows, on the strength of new nuclear capacity, the whole dynamic in the region will change
Islamic State is a big business machine
Reading Time: 3 minutes Despite vast revenue sources – from taxes to extortion to the sale of antiquities to ramsom – the terrorist group faces a cash crunch
Divvying up the Middle East after First World War
Reading Time: 3 minutes Beating-up on Britain’s Sir Mark Sykes and France’s Francois Georges-Picot for today’s mess in the Middle East is just plain silly
Operation Desert Storm 25 years later
Reading Time: 3 minutes Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait and the American response dramatically impacted the politics of the Middle East
Trudeau should push for a Kurdish state
Reading Time: 3 minutes A unified Kurdish state western interests because it would create a moderate majority-Muslim state that is largely pro-western