A Saudi-Turkish alliance against Iran? Stand back and watch John McCreary analyze a minor news event and detect the deep historical trends underlying it: Turkey-Saudi Arabia: On 9 March, Turkish Prime Read More » March 16, 2010 No Comments
Will Tehran push Baghdad to re-open the SOFA with the crusaders in 2011? Last night I was reading a very thorough analysis of Iraqi politics by Judith Yaphe, who has forgotten more about Iraq than I will ever Read More » March 4, 2010 No Comments
An officer’s report: Here’s what I saw of Iran’s burgeoning soft power in Iraq When Matt Valkovic finished his tour of duty in Iraq, he got out of the Army, hung up his captain’s bars, and became a “temporary Read More » February 20, 2010 No Comments