Iranian Drones and Russian Desperation
Russia’s reliance on Iran for armed drones and missiles is a resounding fall from grace for the one-time defense manufacturing rival to the United States. And a telling indicator of not [...]
Iran Grapples With Protests…Again
Iran is in the midst of one of the most serious rounds of public unrest since November 2019, when a hike in fuel prices sent potentially hundreds of thousands of Iranians out into the streets. [...]
This Is How the World Ends, Part I
by Peter Zeihan, Melissa Taylor, and Michael N. Nayebi-Oskoui I like to say that I sell context. It’s all about how seemingly disparate things like age structures and trade patterns and [...]
Revisiting Iran
By Peter Zeihan and Michael N. Nayebi-Oskoui The White House has been strongly hinting for two weeks that President Trump is unlikely to “re-certify” the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [...]
The Next Iraq War
Trouble is (again) brewing in Iraq. The Middle East is a wild and wacky place. The core issue is geographic: basic resources – especially water – are in short supply and resource competition [...]
Iran Sanctions Lifted
On Jan 17 the IAEA gave the green-light to the Iranian nuclear industry – indicating that Tehran was implementing the U.S.-Iranian nuclear deal in both the spirit and letter. With that stamp of [...]
Saudi and Iranian Tensions Surface
It has been quite the week-end in the Middle East, and things are just getting started. On Jan 2nd, Saudi Arabia executed 47 Shia dissidents including cleric Nimr al-Nimr. Rhetoric from [...]
