ANALYSIS: The Outcome of Hamas-Israel War Is Uncertain
By Ahmad Rafat
Israel has said that its ground offensive will destroy Hamas in the Gaza Strip. While Israel will most likely win the military war against Hamas, it has no clear plan for administering...
ANALYSIS: Iran’s Strategy in Hamas’s War Against Israel
By Ahmad Rafat
Hamas’s unprecedented air and ground attacks against Israel on Oct. 8 shocked everyone and surprised Israeli intelligence agencies, famous for their capabilities and competence. The significance of Israeli intelligence being blindsided by...
ANALYSIS – China Saves Billions of Dollars From Record Sanctioned Oil Imports
By Chen Aizhu and Muyu Xu
SINGAPORE, Oct 11 (Reuters) - China has reaped savings this year of nearly $10 billion through record purchases of oil from countries under Western sanctions, according to Reuters' calculations based on data from...
ANALYSIS: Will the Iran-Nuclear Deal Talks Be Resuming in Tokyo?
By Ahmad Rafat
Japanese newspapers have reported that Japan will mediate a round of talks to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Iran nuclear deal. While Vienna was the site of...
ANALYSIS – In Striking Israel, Hamas Also Took Aim at Middle East Security Realignment
By Samia Nakhoul, Nidal al-Mughrabi, Matt Spetalnick and Laila Bassam
DUBAI/GAZA/WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - When Islamist group Hamas launched a spectacular attack against Israel, it also took aim at efforts to forge new regional security alignments that could...
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: Paying For Hostages’ Release Involves Moral Risks
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A Year After Mahsa Amini’s Death, Iran’s Women Continue Their Long Fight for ‘Women, Life,...
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EXCLUSIVE – Qatar Held Separate Talks With Iran, US on Nuclear, Drones
By Samia Nakhoul, Andrew Mills and Parisa Hafezi
Sept 20 (Reuters) - Qatar wants to capitalise on a U.S.-Iranian detainee deal that it mediated during months of delicate diplomacy to find common ground on a more intractable issue between...
ANALYSIS: What Exactly Does the U.S.-Iran Agreement Contain?
By Ahmad Rafat
South Korea has yet to transfer the $6 billion it owes Iran to a Swiss National Bank account under the unwritten agreement reportedly reached between Tehran and Washington. The money will then...
