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Saturday, August 16, 2025

Why are Iran and Saudi Arabia rivals?

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Hello, everyone! This weekend, I want to share my latest video with you all. I chronicle and analyze the complex and often adversarial relat...
Sunday, August 10, 2025

How Africa could be Israel's next strategic partner

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Israel's relations with sub-Saharan Africa are not often talked about in the news, but they have a deep practical and ideological basis....
Sunday, August 3, 2025

Who are the Middle East's biggest arms exporters?

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Many Middle Eastern countries, especially the Arab countries in the Gulf, spend billions upon billions on defense and defense-related procur...
Sunday, July 20, 2025

Who are Russia's silent partners in the Middle East?

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The other day, I was listening to Russia scholar Mark Galeotti’s podcast, In Moscow’s Shadows , and Galeotti made a comment about “Russia’s ...
Saturday, July 12, 2025

Why the Gulf states can't buy soft power

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On my Instagram account ( @egs_1998 ), I have made posts related to Qatar's soft power. One of my most recent posts discussed the limits...
Saturday, July 5, 2025

Why Israel's natural gas exports could increase

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Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir once joked that "It took Moses 40 years to find the only place in the Middle East that has no oil....
Friday, June 27, 2025

Who REALLY won the Israel-Iran War?

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Both Israel and Iran have claimed victory in their recent round of fighting, but what do the facts on the ground say? For 12 days in June 20...