Persian Gulf

The Coming Turkish-Iranian Confrontation
It is true that at present the Turks and the Iranians are playing nice with each other, but these are ephemeral moments; their respective imperatives will lead them to collide with one another regardless of their subjective preferences.

And What Happened After the U.S. Left Libya
The first armed conflict of the Arab Spring is now a playground of intervening foreign powers out for themselves. It won’t be the last.