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A mistaken case for Syrian regime change
Aisling Byrne
Article posted on Asia Times Online on 05 January 2012 and republished by Counterpunch in the USA.
“War with Iran is already here,” wrote a leading Israeli commentator recently, describing “the combination of covert warfare and international pressure” being applied to Iran.
Although not mentioned, the “strategic prize” of the first stage of this war on […]
Posted: January 9th, 2012 under ARTICLES, AUTHORS, Democracy, Iran, Syria.
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Latest Policy Paper:
Tour d’horizon: An Iranian optic on the Middle East and its prospects
Written by Seyed Mohammad Marandi, University of Tehran, exclusively for Conflicts Forum.
Almost a year ago, in a well-remembered Friday prayer sermon delivered on February 4, 2011, Ayatollah Khamenei spoke at length, in Arabic, about the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. At the time, the Egyptian people were on the streets attempting to topple the Western-backed […]
Posted: January 6th, 2012 under Egypt, Iran, Middle East, Obama administration, POLICY PAPERS, Political Islam.
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Latest Monograph:
Understanding Hizbullah’s Support for the Asad Regime
A Monograph written by Amal Saad-Ghorayeb, an independent Lebanese academic and political analyst.
Although Hizbullah does indeed depend on the Asad regime for its arms’ flow, this consideration alone does not adequately grasp the other motives behind its controversial stance, nor does it sufficiently explain the sturdiness of its alliance with Syria. Reducing Hizbullah’s close alliance […]
Posted: November 1st, 2011 under Diplomacy, Hezbollah, Israel-Hezbollah war, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, MONOGRAPHS, Palestinians, Syria.
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The ‘great game’ in Syria
Alastair Crooke
Article posted on Asia Times Online, 22 October 2011
This summer, a senior Saudi official told John Hannah [1], former United States vice president Dick Cheney’s former chief-of-staff, that from the outset of the Syrian upheaval in March, the king has believed that regime change in Syria would be highly beneficial to Saudi interests: […]
Posted: October 26th, 2011 under ARTICLES, AUTHORS, Alastair Crooke, Obama administration, Syria.
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Unfolding the Syrian Paradox
Alastair Crooke
Article posted on Asia Times Online
Can Syria properly be understood as an example of a “pure” Arab popular revolution, an uprising of non-violent, liberal protest against tyranny that has been met only by repression? I believe this narrative to be a complete misreading, deliberately contrived to serve quite separate ambitions. The consequences of turning […]
Posted: July 27th, 2011 under AUTHORS, Alastair Crooke, Democracy, Syria.
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An Examination of the Ideological, Political and Strategic Causes of Iran’s Commitment to the Palestinian Cause
Conflicts Forum’s latest Monograph, by Amal Saad-Ghorayeb
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Posted: July 6th, 2011 under Iran, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, MONOGRAPHS, Palestinians, Political Islam.
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