Tag: Middle East
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Fareed Zakaria’s analysis of the President Biden’s strategy in the Near East is spot on
CNN journalist and broadcaster Fareed Zakaria has made a very reasonable and concise analysis of President Biden’s strategy in the Near East, describing it as a strategy namely marked by methods of political de-escalation as it seeks to avoid a wider military conflict in the region. There is, of course, another side to the argument…
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President Biden has achieved no strategic success in the Middle East, yet
Despite retaliatory attacks against Iranian militant proxies and IRGC targets in Iraq and Syria during the past few months, President Biden has exerted restraint in the use of force to the extent, that as a result, the United States has not achieved any significant strategic victories during this period. The Houthis still have more control…
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The US responds to Iran with airstrikes in Eastern Syria
I suspect that talk about a widespread war in the Middle East will quickly fizzle out as the US reminds its enemies who is it that has the firepower to win an all-out war. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has released a statement saying that the US has carried out airstrikes in Eastern Syria…
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Do you still doubt that the European Union needs a navy?
The criticism made about this article is that Europe already has a navy in the form of NATO, but this was not the point of the article. NATO is a defensive alliance and it is not a political alliance that serves exclusively and purposefully European interests. It is also not an offensive alliance and serves…