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Items by Nouroz Khan Bijarani
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Washington has two failed peace deals and both failed the same way
The sixty-day window that Washington and Tehran gave themselves to end their war expired on August 17 without an agreement, leaving the two sides deadlocked over the Strait of Hormuz and the future of frozen Iranian funds. Europe offers no better news, since formal peace talks between Russia and Ukraine…
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The next phase of US policy in the Middle East
In January, I argued that the United States was not retreating from the Middle East but was executing a deliberate shift, transferring security responsibilities to regional allies while reorienting toward the Indo-Pacific. The past several months have confirmed that forecast. The American departure is no longer a vague intention. It…
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Oman and the political economy of the Strait of Hormuz
Gulf states have answered Iranian pressure in two very different ways. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates bought protection: air defence systems, advanced fighter jets, protected air bases. Oman bought access instead. It refused to join the Saudi-led war in Yemen, refused to join the 2017 blockade of Qatar,…