Claude Salhani

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• Tension Escalates in Syria Amid Fears of Chemical Weapons

  Published 04 December 2012 | viewed 11,500 times

  The conflict in Syria has taken a turn for the worst this week amid fears that the beleaguered regime of President Bashar Assad may resort…

• A Chance for Peace in the Middle East?

  Published 27 November 2012 | viewed 7,827 times

  Is there going to be calm after the storm in the Middle East? Following a tumultuous week of all-out war between Israel and Hamas, there…

• Why We Will See an Increase in Violence in the Middle East

  Published 20 November 2012 | viewed 12,365 times

  Predicting the Middle East’s political future has always been more of a gamble than an exact science. The region’s prevailing political precariousness is what makes…

• Iran's Nuclear Plant Entering Final Stages?

  Published 13 November 2012 | viewed 8,112 times

  Iran’s controversial nuclear power plant at Bushehr is entering its final staging with a series of new tests due to be performed shortly, after which…

• What an Obama Victory Means for the Middle East

  Published 07 November 2012 | viewed 9,212 times

  Memo to the Arab World: Good news and bad news with the re-election of Barack Obama to the White House. The good news is that…

• Oil, Guns, Spies and Islamism

  Published 30 October 2012 | viewed 8,240 times

  The events leading up to the bombing of a munitions factory in the Sudanese capital Khartoum last Monday– believed to have been carried out by…

• Oil Still Calling the Cards in Mideast

  Published 23 October 2012 | viewed 6,376 times

  The battle for control of the Middle East, part of which is being fought today in Syria, and that this past weekend many fear has…

• Turkey-Syria on the Brink of War

  Published 17 October 2012 | viewed 13,910 times

  Tension between Turkey and Syria has been steadily rising over the past year and a half as cross-border incidents have increased with every passing day…

• Is a Larger Middle East War Inevitable?

  Published 10 October 2012 | viewed 17,206 times

  Double, double toil and trouble.  All the elements for a larger regional conflict are slowly falling into place, just as the witches’ ingredients in Shakespeare’s…

• What Impact does Oil have on the Syrian Civil War?

  Published 02 October 2012 | viewed 34,137 times

  There is a popular belief in the Middle East that Washington’s foreign policy, particularly as it relates to this precarious region, is largely driven by…

• Let Iran Have its Nuclear Technology

  Published 15 September 2012 | viewed 8,422 times

  As the United States prepares to head for the finish line in an election year the period between now and the time when the next…

• Growing Syria Crisis will Hurt Region's Economy

  Published 04 September 2012 | viewed 8,871 times

  The violence in Syria now entering into its 18th month will begin to target the country’s economy in a major manner if a threat made…

• Turkey's New Role in Mideast Worries Many

  Published 30 August 2012 | viewed 12,854 times

  After losing its empire to the Western powers at the close of WWI in 1918, Turkey is now making a comeback in the region, a…

• Wikileaks: State Secrets or Clever Tactics

  Published 07 December 2010 | viewed 20,807 times

  Is the US Government Machiavellian enough to orchestrate the recent brouhaha over the so-called website WikiLeaks, is this a real embarrassment, or will it indeed…

• Will Extracting US forces From Iraq Require Going To War With Iran?

  Published 15 September 2010 | viewed 8,469 times

  First, the U.S. could never under the current circumstances in Iraq fully withdraw all its troops as long as Iran continues to run interference in…

• Is War With Iran Imminent?

  Published 20 August 2010 | viewed 14,897 times

  Iran, it is believed, is on the fast track to develop nuclear weapons which Israel sees as a direct threat to not only its security,…

• A Coup in Saudi Avoided or Iranian Disinformation?

  Published 06 August 2010 | viewed 12,820 times

  Did King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia narrowly avoid being overthrown by a close member of his own royal family?  That seems to be a rumor…

• Spies, Lies and Goodbyes – Part 1

  Published 02 August 2010 | viewed 5,505 times

  The killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was until recently widely believed to have been perpetrated by the Syrians, or at least on…

• Beware the Ides of July, August

  Published 13 July 2010 | viewed 5,186 times

  With summer here we are entering a precarious time in the Middle East, a time that deserves particular attention. This is a perilous moment for…

• How Realistic Is a Change of US Policy Regarding Israel?

  Published 30 June 2010 | viewed 4,772 times

  Whoever said “it’s all about the economy, stupid,” got it only partially right. It is indeed all about the economy, or at least half of…