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Declining influence: is the Middle East pulling away from Washington?
AMIAD HOROWITZ on the implications of diplomatic shifts across the Middle East
MIDDLE EAST SHIFTING SANDS: Joe Biden and Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, July 2022
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ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the difficulties surrounding freedom of expression
Kenny MacAskill remembers a ‘Sovietologist’ and voice for peace and reconciliation at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
In part II of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY explores how witch-hunting drives took hold in the Civil Service as the cold war emerged in the wake of WWII
The right to buy may have been scrapped in Scotland, but the damage it has done lives on even now, writes MATT KERR
Ahead of the CP’s Congress later this month, RICHARD HEBBERT looks at the pressing climate issues humanity faces and their interdependence with capitalism
A NEW chapter in the modern history of the Middle East is beginning, and what’s most significant about it is the dwindling influence of the United States.
Back in March, the People’s Republic of China helped broker a groundbreaking diplomatic rapprochement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Seven years ago, Riyadh and Tehran completely broke off diplomatic relations, and since then have been involved in proxy conflicts in Yemen, and to an extent in Syria and Iran itself, as well.
The normalisation of relations between these two regional powers is a major step towards peace in the wider Middle East.
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