Book Review: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah—The United States and Iran in the Cold War
These episodes are not just milestones in U.S.-Iran relations, but also touchstones for Cold War geopolitics across the Middle East
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Author: Mostapha Hassan Abdelwahab
OPINION: The Tale of Two Ideologies—Iran and Muslim Brotherhood
The Muslim Brotherhood’s rule—unlike that of Khomeini—was short-lived. In early 1979, the Iranian revolution came out victorious and Shah
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How will Russia-Turkey relations look like following Ankara’s abrupt foreign policy shift?
Erdoğan’s foreign policy has always been marked by extreme pragmatism. He shifts the country’s moves east and west based on
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OPINION: Turkey’s failed coup changed the country’s history—as did Wagner’s to Russia
Many lessons could be drawn from the two nights in Istanbul and Moscow, with each night having its own implications
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OPINION: Turkey’s Erdoğan and Ataturk – The story of two faces and two legacies
Erdoğan’s goal is to establish a new legacy that will finally replace the century-old Kemalist legacy, which has crushed political
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OPINION: Imagine a Muslim Brotherhood without Turkey—or Iran
If Iran is honest in its intentions toward Saudi Arabia, it would reevaluate its approach toward non-state actors and once-allied
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OPINION: The Mood of Reconciliation in the Middle-East
A mood of reconciliation is developing throughout the Middle East. Four main regional actors—Saudi Arabia vs. Iran and Egypt vs.
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The Iranian revolution at 44: Between Early Successes and Late Failures
The Iranians want the leadership to stop wasting the country’s resources on extraterritorial follies and allocate these vast resources to
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Turkey’s 2023 elections: Will Erdoğan’s Sublime Porte remain sublime?
Erdogan was economically successful, at least from the beginning to nearly the middle of his tenure. However, there are many
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The Ottoman ‘Hajjaj ibn Yusuf’ that you may not have heard of before
It appears then that Murad IV and al-Hajjaj were the two strongmen that emerged on the scene to salvage weakened
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