The Gazette of Central Asia

A New War in the Middle East in Perspective

Babak KHANDANI — 2020-11-25T17:25:57Z

With Trump's chances of staying in the White House melting like snow in the sun, and Joe Biden's promise to rejoin the nuclear treaty with Iran (JCPOA), the Islamic regime in Tehran is breathing again. The exchange rate of currencies against the Rial shows it well: 273,000 rials for $1 two months ago against 250,100 today. The Iranian currency had even reached an all-time low just before the American elections to reach 330,000 rials for $1. Nevertheless, if I were in the place of the Supreme (...)

- Misc / Iran, Saudi Arabia, USA, UAE, Israel, Iranian Nuclear Crisis

Whither the Arab and the Muslim World?

James M. DORSEY — 2020-08-14T15:30:00Z

An agreement to establish diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel and a Saudi-Pakistani spat over Kashmir coupled with feuds among Gulf states and between Turkey, the Kingdom, and the Emirates drive nails into the notion that the Arab and Islamic world by definition share common geopolitical interests on the basis of ethnicity or religion and embrace kinship solidarity. A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, (...)

- Misc / Iran, Saudi Arabia, USA, UAE, Israel, Palestinans