Giorgio Cafiero
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Just received my copy of this book edited by
@Profmzweiri
&
@SinemCngz
.
My chapter: “
#Kuwait
’s Relations with the Global Powers: US, Russia, and China”
Shout out to
@SinGulfura
,
@courtneyfreer
,
@Dr_Ulrichsen
&
@SamRamani2
for sharing insights which helped further my research.
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George W. Bush in 2004: “I made a decision not to join the International Criminal Court in The Hague, which is where our troops could be brought to — brought in front of a judge, an unaccounted judge.”
Those good old days of the liberal rules-based order…
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I will not vote for Joe Biden in 2024. I’m sure many trashy liberals will say I “must” vote for Biden because the Republicans are worse. Yes, I’m sure they are worse in most ways. But you have to draw lines. Enabling genocide in Palestine is my line. Where do you draw your lines?
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Amazing how concern for the well-being of Afghan women went to zero when the discussion went from addressing the Taliban’s brutality to the impact of US sanctions on Afghan women. Shows how many advocates of US militarism manipulate (rather than care about) human rights issues.
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Operation Cast Lead, Operation Protective Edge and other Israeli attacks on Gaza were overwhelming and disproportionate. None of them prevented what just happened. Another brutal massacre of civilians in Gaza won’t make Israel any safer in the future. Let’s be honest about that.
The Hamas atrocities against civilians are pure evil. Israel should not permit Hamas to exist in Gaza any longer. It is entirely justified in an overwhelming response. In fact, an overwhelming response is a moral and strategic necessity.
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I think the US is reacting to events in Israel-Palestine in ways that are leading to a very sharp rise in anti-US sentiments across the Arab-Islamic world and Global South that’ll last a long time. Not sure Biden administration officials quite realize this.
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I never heard this interview with the Shah of
#Iran
. Would be interesting to hear what the pro-Israel monarchists in the Iranian diaspora think of these words from the Shah.
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Criticizing Israel is no longer political suicide for American politicians. This is a big deal.
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Many in the Global North might not fully appreciate how people in South American or African countries are sensitive to the struggle of people living under a European settler-colonial state. But one doesn’t have to study that much history to understand why.
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@RaniaKhalek
These people are vile losers filled with anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian hate. Don’t ever forget how proud you made so many of us while you appeared on Piers Morgan’s show!
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“A team of D.C. police officers appeared at Blumenthal’s door at just after 9 AM, demanding entry and threatening to break his door down. A number of officers had taken positions on the side of his home as though they were prepared for a SWAT-style raid.”
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Today at The National Museum in Muscat I saw the late Sultan Qaboos’ uniform. I highly recommend visiting this museum to anyone visiting Oman’s capital. One learns A LOT about Omani history here.
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Imagine thinking the mainstream media in the US has a bias against Israel. Lol.
This was the week our press corps was revealed for what they truly are: the stenographers of terrorists.
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I’m seeing many Israeli voices on Twitter trying to depict Qatar as an awful place because of its anti-LGBTQ laws. Yet, I don’t remember anti-LGBTQ laws in the UAE or Bahrain being an issue for these folks at any point since the Abraham Accords’ signing. I wonder why…
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Is an Israeli nuke a “Jewish bomb”? Are French, American or British nukes “Christian bombs”? Does North Korea have an “atheist bomb”? Does Russia have an “orthodox bomb”?
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Assad visiting the UAE is a watershed which further illustrates how on many issues Abu Dhabi’s foreign policy has been increasingly aligning with Russia and China’s interests, not those of the US. This isn’t new.
#Syria
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“The French will now be re-evaluating their role in Nato.”
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Early on in the Arab Spring, Hamas sided against the Iran-backed Syrian gov’t. In 2015, Hamas sided with KSA against Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Whether those were wise decisions on Hamas’ part isn’t my point. My point is that these facts tell us that Hamas isn’t Tehran’s “proxy”.
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I have tested positive for COVID-19. Yet I am in good spirits and confident that I’ll survive InshAllah. I make this post to urge all of you to be careful and take all necessary steps to avoid the virus. I was very cautious, yet I got it somehow. Please stay safe!
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Amazing that he says this with a straight face.
"What separates the US and Israel from Hamas is respect for international law and the laws of war"
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken asserts that Israel and the United States cannot be compared to Hamas, despite the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International
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"Senior Israeli officials say that if the program is not halted, they will be forced to consider attacking Iran's nuclear reactors, a tactic they used against Iraq in 1981, when Israeli warplanes bombed an Iraqi reactor."
That's from a Jan. 1995
@nytimes
article. 27 yrs of this!
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It’s the Palestinian flag. If you have zero understanding of a topic you’re not obligated to talk about it on social media.
Harvard students cheer as they replace the U.S. flag with the Hamas flag.
Today's college students have more loyalty to terrorist organizations than to America.
America's colleges are now "educating" traitors.
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#Venice
,
#Italy
“With Gaza in my heart, long live the Palestinian resistance”
🇮🇹 🇵🇸
#GazaUnderAttack
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Arabs at large reject the Abraham Accords. Interactions at the World Cup and various polls demonstrate this point. Algeria, Kuwait, Oman, Iraq and other Arab states which stand against normalization have, at least on this issue, been in touch with the views of their citizens.
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Proud to have joined 75,000 other Americans who spent their Saturday afternoon coming together at the White House to demand basic decency in our country’s foreign policy toward Palestine.
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Assad is now in Muscat and we shouldn’t be surprised. For years Oman’s leadership has joined other Arab states in calling for Syria’s return to the Arab League and the region’s diplomatic fold more broadly—a process that “earthquake diplomacy” will probably accelerate.
🇴🇲 🇸🇾
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Shocked!! Just absolutely shocked that a person who believes in a racist ideology (Zionism) would use racist language. Going to be scratching my head for quite a while thinking about how this could be…
🚨 Man calls a Black person the “n word” and them spits on him
Can anyone identify this man at
@UCLA
?
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I really think it would be best for Germany to sit out this debate about genocide and instead engage in introspection.
Namibia rejects Germany’s Support of the Genocidal Intent of the Racist Israeli State against Innocent Civilians in Gaza
On Namibian soil,
#Germany
committed the first genocide of the 20th century in 1904-1908, in which tens of thousands of innocent Namibians died in the most
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More of a national disgrace than a national commitment.
The United States will remain deeply committed to the security and self-defense of the State of Israel. Let me be clear: our support for Israel’s security remains unshakeable. And it always will be.
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Getting tired of repeating this. One can oppose sanctions on Iran and also call out Iran's gov't for its human rights violations. Being against "max pressure" doesn't make one an "apologist for the mullahs". Criticizing Iran for human rights abuses doesn't align one w/ neo-cons.
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“Pro-Hamas propaganda” just means criticism of Israel.
Don’t trust people like Adam Schiff for one second.
Elon Musk has been amplifying antisemitic content, profiting from misinformation, and allowing pro-Hamas propaganda to spread on X.
This needs to stop.
I've joined
@RepDanGoldman
and
@RepRaskin
in demanding accountability from X.
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Yes. Anti-Arab bigotry, Islamophobia, and a sense of the West’s superiority help explain this.
It’s so weird how many of the human rights activists that emerged during the Qatar World Cup vanished during the genocide of Gaza.
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He’s not alone in calling it murderous. In 2020, Alena Douhan, the UN Special Rapporteur, condemned the Caesar Act. “The US Government must not put obstacles in the way of rebuilding of hospitals because lack of medical care threatens the entire population’s very right to life.”
Now folks, here’s a young man calling the Caesar Act “murderous” after he went on a press junket to spin propaganda on behalf of Bashar al Assad, the century’s worst murderer.
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US citizens will be far less safe across Arab, Muslim, and Global South countries. We’re handing China and Russia huge opportunities for soft power gains. Frankly, in this administration we have awful leadership which has reacted to these events in horribly misguided ways.
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Saudi and Iranian fans coming together and celebrating one of their team's victories. Beautiful.
Saudi fans celebrate with Iranian fans after Iran's victory over Wales in the World Cup.
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Just what the world needs right now...
BREAKING: Kim Jong-Un repeats his warning that North Korea could pre-emptively use nuclear weapons to combat hostile forces
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Been thinking about this question a lot as Americans cheer the destruction of Russia’s economy.
In the "how would you feel if it happened to you" department, how would you feel if ordinary American citizens were deliberately targeted for economic immiseration as punishment for George Bush invading Iraq
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"The numerous incidents of killing entire families in Israeli bombings in
#Gaza
...attest that these were not mistakes. The bombings follow a decision from higher up, backed by the approval of military jurists."
#GazaUnderAttack
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The Emir of
#Qatar
is delivering an excellent opening speech. “I would like to remind of the millions of Palestinians who have suffered from decades of Israeli occupation and international neglect.”
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What type of response would there be from Washington had Iran purposefully razed a U.S. diplomatic mission in a third country?
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I worry we’re repeating a Cold War era mistake by putting each state into a pro-West or pro-Moscow camp like it’s binary. Just as we misread Mosaddegh & Nasser as Soviet pawns, many see Arab states that cooperate w/ Moscow as part of a pro-Russia/anti-US camp. It’s more complex.
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My latest
@amwajmedia
article analyzes
#Hamas
’s role in
#Iran
’s “axis of resistance” almost three months after the Oct. 7 attack. This piece quotes
@RamiKhouri
,
@aronlund
, and
@CamilleOtrakji
.
@Dr_Ulrichsen
@tparsi
@ColinPClarke
@Azodiac83
@barbaraslavin1
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My latest article, co-authored with
@Aljaberzoon
@PeninsulaQatar
@tkarasik
@GerdDoha
@abaabood
@Cinzia_Bianco
@AlexandraCorato
@Mhedgesh
@MayaYang1010
@ShehabMakahleh
@SigiMideast
@DBDesRoches
@GulfTimes_QATAR
@dohanews
@BrookingsDoha
@rahulogy
#GCCCrisis
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In the past 24 hours, I’ve seen literally hundreds of tweets with the hashtag
#DoNotEaseSanctions
. They seem to all be bots (accounts with 3 or 4 followers, no real names, pro-MEK propaganda, etc.). I wonder if this social media campaign is run out of Tirana or DC.
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Of course no outrage from the mainstream media. Just imagine how the liberals on CNN/MSNBC would be reacting if he said this about Russia, not Israel. Regardless, as an American and I don’t want any foreign country being able to “control” the US Congress.
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Many years ago, as a graduate student, I started reading Norman Finkelstein’s work on Israel-Palestine. It had a huge impact on me. Today I had the honor of meeting him.
I figured that if he could survive “Destiny” for five hours, he could tolerate me for a brief moment. 😂
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Absurd that this has to be said, but it must.
The Palestinians in Gaza don’t need the U.S. to build them a port that would take two months to get up and running. They need the U.S. now to stop arming Israel and shielding it from accountability at the UN Security Council.
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Spot on ⬇️
“Sunak’s pathetic claim that ‘no one wants to see more bloodshed’ fails to account for the reality that, as long as it’s Palestinian blood, it’s all totally fine.” -
@MariaBelen_Fdez
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What Cooper has is a very US-centric view of the world. If you travel to other countries, especially in the Global South, and talk about the US invasion of Iraq in comparison to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, you’ll see that Cooper’s view is not shared by too many people.
Anderson Cooper told
@CornelWest
it was "inappropriate" to compare U.S. Iraq War (500K dead Iraqis) to Russian bombing of Grozny (5-8K dead Chechens)
"Half a million Iraqis," West argued. Cooper responded Putin intended to slaughter Chechens...but U.S didn't have same intention
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I’m sure someone will say this tweet makes them feel “unsafe”. Lol.
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A big reason why the US and Israel don’t want to see actual democracy in Arab countries.
⬇️
"Only 2% of young Saudi Arabians support normalisation of relations with Israel, according to the 2023 Arab Youth Survey"
The Economist | Trip hazards via
@TheEconomist
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My latest
@The_NewArab
article is about the Biden administration’s foreign policy in relation to
#Israel
. This piece features quotes
@AssalRad
,
@MouinRabbani
&
@naderalihashemi
.
@ghadaoueiss
@YousefMunayyer
@Dr_Ulrichsen
@tparsi
@barbaraslavin1
@karimbitar
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The Qatari-Saudi rapprochement has progressed very well and that's good for the GCC and wider Arab region.
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I don’t think China being the broker of the KSA-Iran deal resulted from the US “disengaging” from the MENA region. It resulted from the US engaging in the region in ways that are militaristic (not diplomatic) and very aligned with some actors against others (not balanced).
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My latest
@The_NewArab
piece is about how the
#SaudiArabia
-
#UAE
rivalry plays out in
#Sudan
. This article features quotes from
@khoury_nabeel
, Eleonora Ardemagni, and
@DrOxbridge
.
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It was very unfortunate how authoritarian China and Russia pulled out of the JCPOA.
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My dear friend and colleague
@AssalRad
wrote an excellent book about Iran. That she wrote this amazing book impresses me, but it doesn’t surprise me at all.
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I’m old enough to remember when the UAE lobbied the US to put “maximum pressure” on Iran and when the Emiratis pointed to Qatar’s relationship with Iran as one justification for the 2017-2021 blockade. Can’t wait to read FDD’s commentary on this new development.
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When Middle Eastern powers try to turn the West (mainly the US) against an Arab country, they'll often push this narrative about that country having moved too close to Iran. In 2017, KSA/UAE/etc. attempted that with Qatar. Now Morocco and Israel are doing that to Algeria.
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Every country in the world minus the U.S., Israel, Micronesia, and Nauru is antisemitic. That’s the issue.
The United Nations just voted 172-4 to affirm Palestinian people's right to self-determination.
The resolution emphasized achieving "a just, lasting and comprehensive peace settlement between the Palestinian and Israeli sides."
The United States was 1 of 4 countries to vote no.
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The Saudi crackdown on Palestine solidarity means that KSA-Israel normalization is coming soon? IMO, no. I see this within the context of the Saudi gov’t (and other Arab gov’ts) fearing the Palestinian issue’s ability to mobilize citizens in ways that challenge regime legitimacy.
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KSA & the UAE were the 2 main players in the coalition that went into Yemen in 2015. Yet that war hurt KSA's reputation in DC while the UAE's reputation didn't take a big hit. Likewise, today KSA (not the UAE) takes a hit in DC for the OPEC+ decision. The UAE does PR much better.
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Oh, I don’t know. Might be the whole ethnic cleansing thing? Maybe the open air prison in Gaza? Just some ideas.
Why does Israel get under your skin? Because it’s democratic, pro-American, or Jewish?
You don't get worked up about massive human rights violations in China, Iran, Cuba, & Venezuela.
You all would fit in great with the anti-Semites at the United Nations.
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.
@NegarMortazavi
doesn’t have a “long track record of lobbying for Mullahs”. She never claimed to be a voice for all Iranians and no single Iranian is that voice. She represents herself and her own views.
@UChiPolitics
@NegarMortazavi
@SaeidGolkar
Shame on you for interviweing Negar Mortazavi. She is not voice of Iranians. She has a long track record of lobbying for Mullahs.
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Five years ago today I was in
#Tehran
enjoying this beautiful live music. Yes, that's a Saudi flag which you see.
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America’s young people and baby boomers have very different views on this crisis.
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I know the Taliban is extremely brutal. I understand why most governments don’t want to “legitimize” it. That said, I strongly support lifting the US sanctions on Afghanistan because that’s necessary for preventing a large-scale humanitarian crisis there this winter.
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Some in DC who always defend Israel’s crimes now point to Iran’s alleged responsibility for Israeli conduct in Jenin. That’s a smokescreen. Remember that long before Tehran gave the Palestinians one bullet the Palestinians were resisting Zionism. Occupation is the issue.
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You’d think this would upset Evangelical Christians in America…
One of the oldest churches in the world was just hit in an Israeli strike in Gaza. Hundreds were sheltering there, Muslim and Christian alike, including likely most of the entire Palestinian Christian population in Gaza.
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No regard for the lives of innocent Iraqis and Iranians. None. When these people pretend to care about the rights of Iranian women, no one who is intelligent believes that they’re genuine.
The fight between Putin and Prigozhin is a reminder of what Kissinger said about the Iran-Iraq War and the fight between Khomeini and Saddam:
“It's a pity both sides can't lose.”
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#Iran
's drone and missile strikes on
#Israel
mark a paradigm shift, but how will the Israelis and Americans respond?
Here's my latest
@The_NewArab
piece, which quotes
@GTazmini
,
@AmbGordonGray
,
@barbaraslavin1
,
@AliVaez
,
@thomasjuneau
& Shireen Hunter.
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During the Gaza-Israel war of May 2021 it became clear that criticizing Israel’s policies is no longer political suicide in America. In other words, AIPAC has been losing control of the narrative in DC. Now the organization is desperate and resorting to open & ugly Islamophobia.
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Many thanks to
@RStatecraft
for publishing my latest piece, which is about
#Turkey
halting trade with
#Israel
. This article quotes
@BryzaMatthew
,
@dr_murat_aslan
,
@AliBakeer
, and
@BatuCoskunn
.
@QuincyInst
@KelleyBVlahos
@tparsi
@SinaToossi
@KhalilEJahshan
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America “rescued” Iraq in 2003?
It will take time but this will happen. And the anti-Israel holdouts will either join it or regret it.
Note: one is Kuwait whom we saved from Saddam in the first Gulf war.
The other is Iraq whom we rescued from Saddam in the second Gulf war.
Gratitude.
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I predict that soon Bahrain and Sudan will follow the UAE’s lead.
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The reaction from neo-conservative voices in Washington to the KSA-Iran agreement makes something clear. They are terrified by the idea of Iran and Gulf Arab states one day getting along. Their interests are in Saudi-Iran relations remaining hostile, not peace and stability.
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Interesting how this UNGA vote on the
#Srebrenica
genocide divided MENA countries
In Favor:
Iran
Iraq
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Qatar
Jordan
Egypt
Libya
Abstained:
Bahrain
Oman
UAE
Lebanon
Algeria
Against:
Syria
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“Russia regards the Gulf region as the building ground for a future international order, where the principles of sovereignty and multilateralism will take precedence over the promotion
of democracy and human rights.” - Viacheslav Morozov
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Oman's bridging role between the UK/US & Iran in relation to sensitive issues continues in the post-Qaboos era. People in DC who criticize Oman for maintaining positive relations with Tehran should keep in mind that such ties make these outcomes possible.
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Today I received my copy of Dr. Joseph A. Kéchichian’s book about the Sultanate of
#Oman
. I very much look forward to reading it!
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It’s naive to think the
#CaesarAct
will pressure Assad into making concessions and turn
#Syria
into a US-friendly country. It’s far more likely to transform Syria into a Levantine version of North Korea that’s under even more Iranian influence. How does this advance US interests?
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Had Iran had nukes in 1980, Iraq wouldn’t have invaded. Had Iraq had nukes in 2003, the US wouldn’t have invaded. Had Libya had nukes in 2011, NATO wouldn’t have invaded. So can you blame the NK gov’t for wanting to deter a regime change campaign?
#UnitedStates
says it's disappointing to see
#NorthKorea
prioritize its banned nuclear and ballistic missile program over needs of its people - senior administration official -
#reuters
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Yes Jared, the Kuwaitis are so radical for believing that Palestinians are human beings with rights.
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Enjoying the Cherry Blossoms with my beautiful mother who is visiting DC from California.
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Much respect to female foreign policy analysts (especially Iranian-Americans) who ignore sexual harassment on Twitter 24/7 and continue their work as women with dignity. Because I’m a man I don’t experience that, so I can only imagine how horrible it is.
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#Spain
,
#Ireland
, and
#Norway
recognised a Palestinian state. What comes next?
Check out my latest
@The_NewArab
piece, featuring quotes from
@TalbotValeria
,
@marinacalculli
,
@BryzaMatthew
, and
@NeilQuilliam1
.
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In upcoming days/weeks, expect scores of articles to come out about how Ireland is this really backwards country plagued by crime and ruled by anti-Semitic Islamists.
Don’t laugh. It’ll probably happen. I’m serious.
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‘Any unrest in Iran means the Islamic Republic will soon collapse!!’
‘Protests in Cuba indicate how Communism’s days in the country are now numbered!!’
⬆️⬆️⬆️
Those are fantasies/predictions of people in DC who are completely out of touch with reality.
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My latest
@RStatecraft
article is about why some Arab governments see the Palestinian issue as a danger. This article quotes
@ghadaoueiss
,
@marinacalculli
,
@RamiKhouri
, and
@naderalihashemi
.
@QuincyInst
@KelleyBVlahos
@tparsi
@ReemaAHamdieh
@abuaardvark
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My latest
@RStatecraft
article, co-written with
@ShehabMakahleh
, features quotes from
@TelStratLLC
,
@AmbGordonGray
,
@AzizAlghashian
, and
@naderalihashemi
.
@QuincyInst
@KelleyBVlahos
@tparsi
@EliClifton
#Israel
#Iran
#SaudiArabia
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I am on
#Italy
’s Adriatic coast in
#MarinadiMarittima
, several dozen miles away from
#Albania
.
Wishing everyone a happy Eid Al Adha!!!
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"US diplomats reportedly believe that Russia and the UAE 'cut a deal' before the Feb. 25 vote. The alleged quid pro quo—which has been denied by Nusseibeh—is said to entail Moscow’s backing for Yemen-related issues in exchange for Abu Dhabi not voting against Russia on Ukraine."
"The Emirati balancing act on the
#Ukraine
war reflects a cautious pragmatism. The bigger picture is that Arab allies of the
#US
perceive an American withdrawal from the region." via
@amwajmedia
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