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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance
Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
Wahhabism & Extremism
Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds
Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Trump’s Game with C5+1 Card
Monday 10 November 2025
Biden met with Central Asian leaders for the first time on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Moscow and Beijing saw the move as a shift in Washington’s foreign policy and an attempt to put pressure on the two dominant powers in the region, both of which have traditionally maintained de ...
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Bin Salman’s US Visit the Launching Pad for Future US-Saudi Ties
Monday 17 November 2025
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Biden administration took office, Washington-Riyadh relations chilled under the weight of human rights criticisms, particularly the Khashoggi murder case. Biden's July 2022 meeting with Bin Salman drew fierce domestic criticism. Nevertheless, his administration continued efforts to broker a norm ...
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline
Wednesday 10 December 2025
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Biden administration’s 2022 strategy, which cast China as the main geopolitical challenge and the central driver of an ideological showdown between democracies and authoritarian systems, the 2025 document defines rivalry with Beijing chiefly through trade imbalances, state industrial subsidies ...
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What Does Trump Want From Cuba?
Thursday 29 January 2026
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Biden administration, the US continues to treat Cuba as a threat. The American policy toward Cuba, initially formulated in the early days of the Cold War, persists largely unchanged to this day.
Is Cuba truly a threat to the US?
The US has repeatedly voiced its discomfort with Cuban relations with ...
Analysis
Trump’s High-stakes Gamble on Iran Means Winning or Losing Everything
Sunday 1 February 2026
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Biden and Obama administrations, whom he accuses of insufficiently supporting regime-change efforts in Iran.
In response, Tehran, adhering to its principled policies in defense of national interests and territorial security, has drawn clear red lines regarding the terms of any agreement. Tehran has ...
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Why’s the US Air Defense Chain Weak against Iran’s Missiles?
Wednesday 4 February 2026
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Biden, the US was to set up an integrated air defense network covering the Arab allies and Israeli regime to counter Iranian missiles and drones in case of a regional war, but the plan remained unfinished, hit by high costs and technical difficulties. Added problem was the awareness of ineffectivene ...
Analysis
China, the Big Winner of Trump’s War on Iran
Wednesday 8 April 2026
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Biden or Obama, who also sought to refocus on China.
Unlike them, who aimed to manage multiple files or, in some cases, pull back and walk away, as Biden did in Afghanistan, Trump preferred to close files outright rather than leave them suspended. And he wanted to close them loudly, in Hollywood mo ...
Report
Iran’s Frozen Assets in Qatar: Pressure Lever or Key to Agreement?
Tuesday 26 May 2026
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Biden’s presidency coincided with that of late President Sayyed Ibrahim Raisi of Iran.
When Raisi started his administration, the official view of Tehran was that the economy should not be pending the negotiations with the US. At the time, the US asserted that release of the Iranian assets wa ...
Analysis
How’s Iran War Exposed Israel Weakness?
Tuesday 23 June 2026
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Biden stated: “If Israel didn’t exist, we’d have to invent one to protect American interests in the region.” Biden also stressed time and again that Washington’s commitment to Israel’s security is “ironclad” and even declared himself a Zionist. His wor ...
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On a Shaky Ground: Where Will Newly-inked US-Saudi Nuclear Agreement Head?
Sunday 26 July 2026
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Biden administration, while supportive of civilian nuclear cooperation with Riyadh, had tied it to normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israeli regime, along with progress on the Palestinian case, a condition that ultimately prevented a final deal.
Trump's approach, however, appears to be dif ...
