Could President Trump lose the oil war?
The current crisis could see the end of the petrodollar
John R. Bradley
Friday
Tuesday
Shaken Saudis hedge their bets on détente with Iran
Saudi Arabia is hitting the brakes on normalization with Israel
Tuesday
The ‘Iran Spring’ delusion
The democracy junkies are at it again — craving another fantasy revolution in a country they don’t understand
Tuesday
Trump’s common-sense response to the Saudi shooter
The Saudi Arabia of today is not the Saudi Arabia of 2001
Tuesday
When will the Syria conversation turn to Trump’s ‘betrayal’ of Israel?
The media mantra of ‘Trump betrayed the Kurds’ will soon make way for ‘Trump betrayed Israel’
Tuesday
Pulling US troops out of Syria will prove to be the right decision
Donald Trump, peacemaker?
Wednesday
What Syria should teach us about Venezuela
The louder Washington calls for Nicolás Maduro’s ouster, the more likely it is that he will survive
Tuesday
Is a hanged child rapist part of the persecuted LGBT minority in Iran?
According to the western media, yes
Thursday
Ignore the hawks, Trump’s Syria withdrawal is bold and brave
It makes a conflict with Iran less likely
Tuesday
Why Trump is right to stand by Saudi Arabia
The media’s hypocrisy over Jamal Khashoggi stinks. The president is wise to ignore it
Friday
What Mohammed bin Salman did next
After the Khashoggi murder, the Saudi regime seems curiously pliant to western interests
Saturday
Jamal Khashoggi was no fighter – but he was a turncoat
It would be surprising if Trump’s Middle East policy is determined by the murder of a Muslim Brotherhood activist who happened to write an occasional column for the Washington Post
Tuesday
How Trump cleans up the Saudi mess
It’s a murky business. But the President can again prove his diplomatic skill
Tuesday
When it comes to Iran, Trump is surprisingly impotent
Post-Vietnam, the US has acted militarily like the proverbial school-yard bully, picking fights only with the weaklings who can’t fight back.
Monday
Trump escalates the anti-Iran rhetoric. But why now?
If we learned anything from the so-called Arab Spring, it’s that the victors in that part of the world are never the pro-Western ones we bet on.
