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CulturalAnalysis / Economic to Military Pressure: Six Options Turkey Wields against Israel
Tensions between Turkey and Israeli regime in recent weeks have gone beyond political dispute over Gaza war and have elevated to a more direct confrontation over Syrian future, military influence in the region,…
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CulturalAnalysis / Washington’s dilemma over Iran: Avoiding war or avoiding a deal?
An analysis of the behavior and statements of US government officials indicates that Washington is effectively at a loss over how to deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran and is caught between the options of war…
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CulturalReport / Twilight of US Hegemony: Decline Felt at Home
The war of aggression against Iran has turned US's continued military footprint in the region into a strategic challenge. Over six months of combat, major US bases became easy targets for Tehran’s powerful missiles,…
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CulturalAnalysis / Expensive weapons: Heavy price of fake security in Persian Gulf
In the latest example of lucrative U.S. arms deals with the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, the U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of four KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft to Qatar…
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CulturalAnalysis: Trump’s New Sanctions Plan against Iran Futile, Observers Argue
Donald Trump’s declaration of a new “economic war” and fresh sanctions blockade against Iran comes with pledges of the toughest penalties in US history. Yet even inside the US, serious doubts are mounting over whether…
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CulturalAnalysis: Iran’s Weapons Arsenal Redefining Deterrence Power
In the shadow of the informal ceasefire between Iran and the US and continuation of no war, no peace condition, the weapons stockpiles have become one of the most important issues discussed by military analysts.
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CulturalPaper: What’s the Strategic Significance of Lebanon’s Ali Taher Heights?
In today's wars, seizure of heights necessarily does not mean ultimately winning the conflict. But its significance becomes clear when the location is used to establish intelligence superiority, control military…
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CulturalReport / Three Missing Iranian Pilots: Is US Involved?
Several months after the Iranian air force’s successful strike at American targets in Qatar at the outset of the 40-day war, the fate of the pilots from two fighter jets hit on their return route has entered a new…
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CulturalReport / 60-day Ceasefire Ends: What Do Western and World Media Say about Trump’s Dilemma?
The 60-day US-Iran memorandum of understanding that was supposed to be a pathway to ending the war and resolving outstanding disputes expired Monday without a tangible breakthrough, casting the prospects for a truce…
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CulturalReport / Iran’s Ghalibaf in Baghdad: Common Cases on Table
The visit to Iraq of the Iranian parliament speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf comes at a time the Iranian-Iraqi relations are under influence of an array of sensitive security, economic, and regional cases. Though…
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CulturalPaper / Ankara and Tel Aviv: Is Syria a Potential Ankara-Tel Aviv Clash Ground?
While President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey nurtures his neo-Ottoman dream leadership, complete with potentially performing prayers at Damascus’s Umayyad Mosque, Israeli regime has turned that dream into a jumbled…
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CulturalAnalysis / Continued US military presence near Iran: An action contrary to Islamabad MoU
The US military presence in West Asia, particularly through its numerous and extensive bases in the Persian Gulf states, has long been one of the main factors contributing to instability and escalating tensions…