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Jasim Al-Azzawi

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The death of denial: Why the Middle East’s “Gray Zone” just vanished

The death of denial: Why the Middle East’s “Gray Zone” just vanished

Three weeks ago, this region operated under a set of assumptions that had held, more or less, for forty years. Iran would threaten. Proxies would...

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“Schadenfreude, how sweet it is”

“Schadenfreude, how sweet it is”
28.03.2026 30

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No exit: The global stakes of the Iran-Israel war

No exit: The global stakes of the Iran-Israel war
27.03.2026 40

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The Relentless War on Iraq

The Relentless War on Iraq

For months, a war has been unfolding across Iraq with little of the fanfare that once accompanied American military campaigns in the region. There are...

25.03.2026 40

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Iran’s strike near Dimona raises old questions about Israel’s nuclear secrets

Iran’s strike near Dimona raises old questions about Israel’s nuclear secrets

Iran’s missile strike near Israel’s Dimona nuclear facility on Saturday night was more than a dramatic escalation in the shadow war between the...

22.03.2026 50

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Cui Bono: Six months into the Gulf War

Cui Bono: Six months into the Gulf War

The war in the Gulf has entered a decisive phase. Six months from now, the strategic landscape will look markedly different, shaped not only by the...

21.03.2026 70

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The Kent warning: When truth escapes the war machine

Every war produces dissent. Most people keep it to themselves. Some leave quietly. Very few say plainly what they think. Joe Kent did. The director of...

18.03.2026 70

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The Original Sin: How Churchill’s Oil and Khomeini’s Vision Fueled Decades of Middle East Turmoil

The war in Iran did not begin with a missile strike or a declaration. It began in the sweltering August of 1953, in the offices of a CIA operative...

17.03.2026 60

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The Four Drivers of the Iran War: Rhetoric, Miscalculation, Hubris, and Two Conflicting Clocks

The United States and Israel did not stumble into war with Iran. They were driven into it — by the relentless drumbeat of political rhetoric, by...

15.03.2026 70

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The war of signals: How Russia and China help Iran see the battlefield

When three senior American officials told The Washington Post that Russia was providing Iran with sensitive intelligence, including the precise...

12.03.2026 90

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Netanyahu’s lifelong obsession with striking Iran and his looming spectacular defeat

11.03.2026 60

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The Epstein Files: Blackmail, power, and geopolitical shadows

The infamous Epstein files do not merely pulse with the sordid details of one man’s depravity; they are the autopsy report of a dying moral order....

07.03.2026 70

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Shatter Iran, inherit the whirlwind

There is a dangerous, academic notion currently haunting the halls of Washington and Tel Aviv: the idea that a fractured Iran, carved into a...

06.03.2026 70

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The General Who Swallowed His Truth

General Dan Cain, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivered a private warning to President Trump with the bluntness that democracies depend...

05.03.2026 80

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Hizballah’s Last Stand: Disarmament, Defiance, and Tehran’s Shadow Over Lebanon

As Lebanon approaches parliamentary elections in May 2026, the country stands at a crossroads. Hizballah, the mighty image of Lebanese politics and...

03.03.2026 90

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Daylight strike shatters Tehran’s inner circle

The strike on Tehran was not just another exchange in the long shadow war between Israel and Iran. It was a precision operation timed to coincide with...

02.03.2026 70

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The fantasy of an easy victory in the war on Iran

Earlier today, the United States and Israel launched an attack against Iran, hitting targets across the country. In their televised speeches, US...

28.02.2026 100

Al Jazeera

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From Munich to Tehran: Echoes of appeasement and lessons of power drift

The uneasy negotiations between the United States and Iran are unfolding under the shadow of a long historical truth: great-power systems rarely...

28.02.2026 70

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The price of truth: Tucker Carlson, Piers Morgan, and the Gaza reckoning

There are moments when the edifice of propaganda collapses, when the images of emaciated children, pulverised neighbourhoods, and mass graves pierce...

27.02.2026 90

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The Strait of Hormuz: Where Geography Becomes a Weapon

For decades, American military planners have operated on a simple assumption: that overwhelming force, applied decisively, could resolve almost any...

25.02.2026 100

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The digital high commissioner: Trump’s Maliki threat and the illusion of Iraqi sovereignty

When President Donald Trump took to social media to demand that former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki withdraw his bid for a return to power,...

23.02.2026 80

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Turkey as Israel’s “next Iran”? A strategic rivalry reconsidered

When former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that Turkey, with the support of Qatar, was replacing Iran as Israel’s major strategic...

22.02.2026 100

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Trump’s war: A conflict of survival, not strategy

“Trump’s challenge isn’t just Tehran. It’s balancing Israel, the donor class, and his own movement—both of which are pulling him in...

20.02.2026 70

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The new calculus in the Gulf: How Beijing and Moscow have altered the Iran equation

In the rarefied environment of the West Wing, the ghosts of the “Twelve-Day War” that transpired last June still linger in the Situation Room. For...

17.02.2026 200

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Missiles, carriers, and red lines: Washington, Tehran and Jerusalem face off in a historic confrontation. Who blinks first?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Washington last week was far from a routine diplomatic exercise. The objective was...

16.02.2026 200

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Two scorpions in a jar: How Trump and Netanyahu’s alliance became a cage

11.02.2026 70

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The new Axis of Resistance: Sino-Russian technological buoyancy in Iran

10.02.2026 60

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The Mandelson scandal and Britain’s recurring failure of judgement

08.02.2026 50

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Trump’s five impossible demands, and the inevitable second strike against Iran

07.02.2026 60

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War or no war? Duelling analyses offer starkly different visions of conflict’s timing and trajectory

04.02.2026 70

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The Epstein Files: Blackmail, power, and geopolitical shadows

03.02.2026 80

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The raging bull in the chinaware shop

02.02.2026 40

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Unleashing the spear: Why Hezbollah is joining the fray

31.01.2026 70

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The armada and the trigger: How the US-Iran standoff could ignite a regional catastrophe

30.01.2026 60

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Mr Trump, Iraq’s kleptocracy must be dismantled: cutting aid is a laughable and naïve approach

29.01.2026 30

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The ring of fire: From Tehran to southern Lebanon, the battle lines are drawn

28.01.2026 70

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Trump, Tehran, and the trial: The countdown to the unknown begins

27.01.2026 50

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The Davos contrast: Precision vs. Provocation

26.01.2026 60

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What al-Maliki’s return would mean for Iraq and the region

25.01.2026 100

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In 1953, the CIA walked the streets of Tehran; today, they walk with Mossad and MI6

24.01.2026 100

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The paralysis before the storm: How fear of war may guarantee one

22.01.2026 70

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The dangerous parallels between Iraq in 2003 and Iran in 2026

21.01.2026 70

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Netanyahu’s childhood friend breaks silence, warning of “ruined state” and personal obsessions

20.01.2026 90

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The presidency as theatre: America’s age of False Fronts

19.01.2026 60

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The American paradox: A nation simultaneously ascending and descending

19.01.2026 90

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The psychological profile of a president whose IQ is “off the chart”

17.01.2026 100

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The predicament of the Islamic Republic: Why 2026 is different

16.01.2026 150

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The Arctic ultimatum: Greenland and the end of sovereignty

14.01.2026 50

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The return of the plunderer: Why Iraq cannot survive another Maliki

13.01.2026 80

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The Trilateral Fortress: “Why the fall of Damascus didn’t end the Middle East’s long war”

12.01.2026 60

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