We can now infer from all of the aforementioned that America’s policy of domination and interference in the Middle East has led to a broader conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Iran which Israel will not be able to handle over the long run, in addition to weakening the American position in the … Continue reading Iran in the Middle East and Beyond
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Iran’s Relations with the US and the West
Arguably, Iran’s nuclear program changed the balance of power in the Middle East region more drastically than anything else. And when the balance changes, the order changes as well. The change in the balance led to an order which was once dominated by America to an order and a balance that is now in flux. … Continue reading Iran’s Relations with the US and the West
Nuclear Proliferation and Iran
One should perhaps be mindful that the basic paradigm of big power and small country relations constitutes the system itself. When a small country decides to step out of the basic paradigm, it translates into a challenge to the system as a whole. And while difficult at first, the strategy of stepping out of the … Continue reading Nuclear Proliferation and Iran
The Future Belongs to Islam
The basic paradigm of superpower and small country relations can be applied anywhere, not just in the Middle East, and the same basic patterns emerge wherever the basic paradigm is applied. There are of course case studies which one could employ in order to apply the basic paradigm and then derive the certain patterns which … Continue reading The Future Belongs to Islam
Idealistic Rhetoric
Idealistic rhetoric regarding “democracy” and “human rights” and so on and so forth which started with the “League of Nations” and now the “United Nations” also runs into a wall when the basic political and social realities of the Middle East are acknowledged and recognized. To borrow from Khalidi: “The actual nature of the League … Continue reading Idealistic Rhetoric
Adam A. Azim 