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U.S. Uses Two Key Strategies To Keep Iran from Escalating Attacks on Israel

Mediterranean Institute for Regional Studies

9/24/2024 6:49:00 PM

From the moment that Iranian proxy terrorist organisation Hamas launched multiple coordinated attacks on Israel on 7 October last year, the primary fear of further escalation in the region has centred on how Iran might escalate the ongoing Israel-Hamas War. On 13 April, Iran directly attacked Israel from its own territory for the first time in a series of missile and drone launches following the Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Syria.

Iraq Needs a New Kind of Partnership With the United States: The Path to Sustainable Cooperation

Mediterranean Institute for Regional Studies

4/12/2024 7:26:00 AM

Since then, U.S.-Iraqi relations have gone through ups and downs, periods of engagement and disengagement, with positions sometimes aligned and other times beset by tensions. Throughout, however, there has been a shared understanding among leaders of both countries that our relationship would remain a strategic priority, underpinned by shared interest and collaborative efforts to overcome difficulties.

A multi-front war in the Middle East: What will be the consequences?

Bahrooz Jaafar

10/8/2023 8:52:00 PM

On Saturday morning, October 7, 2023, Hamas fighters infiltrated Israel in an unprecedented and complex attack. They were killing more than 600 Jews and wounding hundreds of other Israelis. The Palestinian armed groups have also taken Israelis hostage. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has responded to attacks on the Gaza Strip by said, "We are at war". What was behind this shocking attack, and what lies ahead for Israel and the region?

Regional Consequences of the Saudi Arabia - Iran Reconciliation: What Does It Mean for the Kurds?

Bahrooz Jaafar

3/24/2023 9:50:00 AM

Iran and Saudi Arabia are two influential regional actors in the Middle East; Their conflicts threaten regional and global security. On 10 March 2023, Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to normalize relations and reopen embassies in each other’s capitals. The agreement came after years of hostility, as it appeared Chine has successfully normalized the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran; resuming relations between the two countries is expected to have widespread consequences for the Middle East

Why Iraq cannot act as a bridge between Iran and the US

Mediterranean Institute for Regional Studies

7/14/2019 10:33:00 AM

The recent sharp increase in tension between Iran and the United States has prompted a flurry of reporting and commentary talking up the prospect of a military confrontation between the two powers.

Khashoggi Rejiggers Middle East at a Horrible Cost

Mediterranean Institute for Regional Studies

10/31/2018 5:00:00 PM

The death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on the premises of the Saudi consulate in Istanbul threatens to upend the fundaments of fault lines across the Middle East. The killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul threatens to severely disrupt the US-Saudi alliance that holds together many of the Middle East’s fault lines.

The Trump’s National Security strategy in the Middle East: A Brief Analytical Review

Hemn Hussein Wali

12/29/2017 8:22:00 PM

On the 18th of this month, the Trump administration published its vision regarding the U.S.’s national security strategy in the Middle East. In this strategic vision nearly one page and a half (680 words) has allocated for the Middle East’s affairs. Principally, three interesting and new points could be noticed: first, expansion and progress of the Iranian’s hegemony in the region, Second; appearance of new partnerships (Saudi-Israeli) dissimilar to the traditional ones, Three; additional U.S. s

On Jerusalem, Trump Just Offered Talk. Does Kushner's Peace Plan Offer Real Substance?

Mediterranean Institute for Regional Studies

12/9/2017 12:21:00 PM

Trump's Jerusalem move, taken and rolled out in a frantic rush, stopped at mere rhetoric for Israel and nothing for Palestinians. Kushner and Greenblatt must show far more explicit U.S. support for two states - and it needs to happen soon

A war on corruption, collaboration with Israel and an enthusiastic crown prince: A look at the dramatic changes underway in Saudi Arabia

Mediterranean Institute for Regional Studies

12/2/2017 12:12:00 PM

Talking to: Dr. Michal Yaari, 43, lives in Tel Aviv; researcher and expert on Saudi Arabia, teaches at Tel Aviv University and the Open University.

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