Category: Middle East

Eurasia by GeoPolitic.orgJan 22, 20223:02 am

Turkey’s Neo-Ottoman Ambitions in the Middle East and Central Asia. “The Unrest in Kazakhstan Is a Threat for Both Russia and China”

Interview with Ararat Kostanian Kazakhstan recently was in chaos as violence broke out on the streets, in what looked like the beginning of a popular uprising, similar to the 2011 ‘Arab Spring’. Once the dust […]

Eurasia by GeoPolitic.orgJan 21, 20226:31 pm

China, Russia and Iran to launch joint naval drill on Friday

China, Russia and Iran will hold a maritime joint exercise on Friday, a public relations official from Iran’s armed forces told the semi-official ISNA news agency on Thursday. The wargame will take place in the […]

Americas by GeoPolitic.orgJan 21, 202212:03 am

How Bush and Blair plotted war in Iraq: Read the secret memo in full

Editor’s note: In April 2002, Tony Blair, the British prime minister, visited US President George W. Bush at his ranch in Crawford, Texas. The weekend meeting has long been identified as a key moment in the […]

SARS-COV-2 by GeoPolitic.orgJan 20, 20225:08 pm

Israeli trial, world’s first, finds 4th dose ‘not good enough’ against Omicron

Nearly a month after Sheba Medical Center launched a landmark study to test the efficacy of a fourth COVID shot, the hospital said Monday that this fourth booster was only partially effective in protecting against […]

Americas by GeoPolitic.orgJan 20, 20223:38 am

In the 1980s, the Pentagon was preparing a nuclear war in Iran

The US Joint Chiefs of Staff have posted online a conference featuring military historian David B. Crist, which took place on 18 September 2020. Therein, the expert reveals a nuclear war plan drawn up by […]

Middle East by GeoPolitic.orgJan 20, 20223:21 am

Who Will be the Next King of Saudi Arabia?

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has jailed everyone who poses a threat to his path to becoming King. King Salman’s brother, his brother’s son, Mohammed bin Nayef, and two sons of the previous monarch, King Abdullah, […]

Eurasia by GeoPolitic.orgJan 20, 20223:00 am

What is Iran’s Revolutionary Guard doing in Myanmar?

Iranian planes landing in Myanmar have raised speculation of secretive military-to-military cooperation, including possible sensitive Iranian weapons sales amid rising international calls to impose an arms embargo on the rights-abusing junta. Diplomatic sources based in […]

Americas by GeoPolitic.orgJan 19, 20222:23 pm

China Is Chipping Away At America’s Influence In The Middle East

Last week saw a series of meetings in Beijing between senior officials from the Chinese government and foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, and the secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). At these meetings, […]

Middle East by GeoPolitic.orgJan 19, 20221:53 pm

Iran reopens office at OIC Headquarters afer 6 years

The Islamic Republic of Iran has just reopened its office at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). For several years, Iran and Saudi Arabia have mutually anathematized each other, thus dividing […]

Eurasia by GeoPolitic.orgJan 19, 20222:16 am

It’s Fake News To Insinuate That Russia’s Arming Anti-Taliban Forces

There’s a faction of the supposedly Russian-friendly Alt-Media Community (AMC) that’s fallen for that wishful thinking fantasy…In their mind, Russia ‘must’ hate the Taliban since they emerged from the 1980s Mujahideen that defeated the USSR. […]