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IRAN: To Strike or Not to Strike?

Will Israel strike? After some calm due to the regular rounds of talks between Iran and the ‘five plus one’ group held in Istanbul, Baghdad and Moscow, the Iranian issue is once again beginning to heat up. Since late July, the main topic in Israeli media is the issue of a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. This matter does ...

16.08.2012

“Syrian spring” and the ultimate stress limit of Bashar Assad regime

... support. Political Geography of the “Arab Spring” Countries The vitality displayed by the regime should be viewed in a wider context of the Middle East situation and, partly, even in the context of relations between the Arab countries and Iran. The vitality displayed by the regime should be viewed in a wider context of the Middle East situation and, partly, even in the context of relations between the Arab countries and Iran. It would be interesting to review the political geography of ...

09.04.2012

Greater Middle East – report from the fields

... laid under a stodgy building of tribal democracy of kingship in the Arabic (Persian) Gulf, is already burning with sparkles and hisses. The Great Middle East needs its own Westphalian peace. Nearby, on the other coast of the Persian (Arabic) Gulf is Iran, a country of the victorious democratic Islamism (Shiism). A bit to the North is Turkey - a country with an Islamic (Sunnite) democracy and an island of stability on the edge of a rampant and simmering region Still farther is Afghanistan, smelling ...

27.03.2012

New players on the Latin american pitch

... Brazil that made substantial diplomatic efforts to invite South Africa to the membership in the club, what actually happened before the third summit of the organization in China in April 2011. Through the Back Door An unexpectedly growing presence of Iran in the region acquired an entirely different perspective, a military and political dimension. In general, it can be described by one statement made by Iranian President M.Ahmadinejad: “When Western countries were trying to isolate Iran, we ...

14.03.2012

The Strait of Ormuz: blockade and war or war and blockade

The nuclear bone of contention The blockade of the Strait of Ormuz by Iran will undoubtedly become casus belli for the USA and the Arab oil-producing countries to formally declare war against Iran. In this situation the waterway may make its own case for launching war hostilities in the region. Another scenario implies ...

05.03.2012
 

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