Alexander Orlov

Saudi Arabia’s pained reaction to the US-Iran rapprochement

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The renewing relations between the United States and Iran which are quickly gaining momentum have incited a sharp disgruntled reaction among the Arab nations, primarily from Saudi Arabia and its GCC allies. It has also…

A split in the Syrian opposition is deepening

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The situation in Syria for both the US and Saudi Arabia is getting more complicated on a daily basis. The…

A Senator’s guide to gassing Syrians

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Despite the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2118 that states that the Syrian chemical stockpiles should be destroyed, the question on who was behind the chemical attacks remains to be today’s agenda, for the experts and political analysts in the least. There was a stream of…

Syria: UN Security Council resolution is adopted, but who won?

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At first glance it would appear that the drawn-out political struggle which lasted over a month and at times threated…

Terrorism in Syria – Funded by the United States and the Persian Gulf

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Despite the public rhetoric from the White House about its willingness to use diplomacy to resolve the Syrian conflict, the…

Re-evaluating the Geneva Agreement

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Only 3 days has passed since the Lavrov-Kerry talks but Moscow has already begun re-evaluating the Geneva Agreement on Syrian…

The Geneva Agreements: A victory or illusion?

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Much of the media, mostly the Russian media, is loudly banging a drum for the Russian diplomatic success in Geneva over the U.S. military line after the meeting of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in which a deal was signed on Syria’s chemical…

United States – Syria and the Saudi jewels

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It seems that Washington is not in much hurry to launch a military aggression against Syria anymore. After turning his…

Syria: The End of International Law

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 "Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will…

Egypt’s on a crash course

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According to the news reports coming from Egypt, the escalation of tension in this country may occur in the immediate…

Egypt: the outcome is within a couple hours

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Yesterday evening the Egypt’s president Mohamed Morsi refused to step down. He justified this decision by the fact that he’s…

The Turkish Spring

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Despite the tough actions taken by the police to disperse demonstrators, the protest rallies that long ago snowballed from environmental…

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