The United States is bolstering its military presence across the Middle East ahead of scheduled nuclear talks with Iran in Geneva, while simultaneously preparing strike options if diplomacy collapses…
His meeting with Trump on 11 February, moved up a full week from its original date and just after talks began between Iran and the US, isn't a routine consultation between allies—it's an intervention
Christophe Ventura, a French expert on Latin America, speaks to Al Majalla about Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia, and China's role in a continent that the US president considers his backyard.
From Gaza to Ukraine, a coterie close to the president are wheeling and dealing their way through diplomacy's traditional terrain, scoring some wins but creating great confusion
Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players
The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.
Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.