ANALYSIS: Iraqi Leader Battles Pressure From Friends and Foes in Security Crackdown
BAGHDAD, Oct 21 (Reuters) - It was a series of intercepted phone calls on a tense night in June that made Iraq’s new prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi fully realise how few friends he had.
During...
ANALYSIS: After UAE and Bahrain Deals, Is Saudi Arabia Softening Its Stance on Israel?
By Marwa Rashad and Aziz El Yaakoubi
RIYADH/DUBAI, Sept 15 (Reuters) - When one of Saudi Arabia's leading clerics called this month for Muslims to avoid "passionate emotions and fiery enthusiasm" towards Jews, it was...
ANALYSIS: War in Ukraine Contributing to Erosion of Global Consensus Over Spread of Dangerous...
By Nolan Fahrenkopf
Research Fellow at Project on International Security, Commerce and Economic Statecraft, University at Albany, State University of New York
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
When Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Joe Biden, on Sept....
ANALYSIS-Rising Oil Prices Buy Iran Time in Nuclear Talks, Officials Say
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, May 5 (Reuters) - Emboldened by an oil price surge since Russia invaded Ukraine, Iran's clerical rulers are in no rush to revive a 2015 nuclear pact with world powers to ease sanctions on...
