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Rashid Al-Mohanadi

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Misread as passive, the Gulf is quietly ending fifty years of dependence

Misread as passive, the Gulf is quietly ending fifty years of dependence

Peace has been announced in the Gulf more often than it has been kept. A ceasefire arrived within weeks of the first Iranian strikes on Gulf territory...

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Rashid Al-Mohanadi

Iran does not need to close the Strait of Hormuz to disrupt it

The world still speaks about the Strait of Hormuz as if the central question were whether Iran will try to close it. That is now the wrong question....

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Rashid al-mohanadi