Is This The Geopolitical Shift Of The Century?

KSA

2017-10-07 / www.oilprice.com

The geopolitical reality in the Middle East is changing dramatically.

The impact of the Arab Spring, the retraction of the U.S. military, and diminishing economic influence on the Arab world—as displayed during the Obama Administration—are facts.

The emergence of a Russian-Iranian-Turkish triangle ...

Syrian Statelets and Intelligence Games:  Al-Sham’s New Mukhabarat 

Syria

2017-10-03 / www.academia.edu

A novel Alawite-Shi’a security network may be developing in the Assad statelet now defining western Syria. It consists of an archipelago layered with remnants of the Bashar al-Assad-era intelligence organizations along with Iraqi Shi’a and other pro-Assad militias. 

 They are supported by Iran and ...

Independent Kurdistan: The Wretched and the Damned

Minorities

2017-10-01 / www.academia.edu

On September 25, 2017, the semi autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq held an independence referendum to determine the future of its quest for recognized statehood. As expected, an overwhelming majority (93% in the early returns) voted in ...