Foreign Policy Perspectives- Guiding Tomorrow
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Iran’s Chessboard: Strategic Insights from a CIA Mastermind, Mr. Norman Roule
Executive Summary In the latest episode of ‘The Phoenix’ Podcast, listeners were treated to the expert insights of Norman Roule, a prominent figure with a storied 34-year career in the CIA, primarily focused on Iran and the Gulf region. This episode comes at a critical time, as tensions in the Middle East continue to
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Navigating the Troubled Waters of the Maritime Middle East: A Strategic Dialogue with Admiral Gary Roughead
The Phoenix In a recent episode of the American Center for Levant Studies’ podcast, “The Phoenix Podcast,” hosted by Joel Rayburn and Rania Kisar, a thought-provoking dialogue unfolded with Admiral Gary Roughead, former Chief of Naval Operations and commander of the Pacific Fleet. This conversation offered deep insights into the complexities of the maritime
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“The Kiss of Biden” and Foreign Policy in Erdoğan’s Re-Election
by Michael Doran May 2023 Pity Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. The Turkish opposition candidate faced an impossible challenge: running for president with American lipstick on his cheek. Call it the kiss of Biden. In 2020, when Joe Biden was a candidate for president, he told the editorial board of the New York Times that he favored working with “elements
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Time is Ripe for Snap Back Sanctions on the Iranian Regime, the Weakest Link in the Beijing-Moscow-Tehran Alliance
Time is Ripe for Snap Back Sanctions on the Iranian Regime, the Weakest Link in the Beijing-Moscow-Tehran Alliance By Dr. Samir Altaqi After establishing their quasi-total hegemony over the power centers in Iran, the hardliner leadership of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is sinking into a multilayered crisis. Facing tremendous hardships, the Iranian people seem far
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Cole Bunzel and Joel Rayburn: The Saudi Climbdown And The Iranian Shakedown, A Hoover Caravan Podcast
Big things are shaping up in the Middle East as the Biden administration appears to be rethinking its get-tough policy on Saudi Arabia, even as it continues to hold out hope for a revived nuclear deal with Iran. Meanwhile, Russia looks poised to shut down a key humanitarian aid corridor in Syria, while the West
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Is the Russian Military a Paper Tiger? An Interview with Joel Rayburn by “The New Yorker”
“Is the Russian Military a Paper Tiger?” by Isaac Chotiner In The New Yorker, April 6, 2022 This week, the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, announced the onset of what he called a new phase in his country’s war on Ukraine, which appears to consist of a focus on Ukraine’s east and a more gradual speed