Tag: Iran
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A New World Order? The Coming of Trump
At the end of the Cold War, in Washington and Western Europe there was a consensus that a new world order was coming around. Overlooked was the fact that an Islamic revolution in Iran led by an octogenarian Ayatollah brought a series of upheavals in the Islamic world that saw radical terrorism, revolutions in Africa,…
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The Gaza War and its strategic implications
On October 7th 2023, Hamas, an Islamic, Palestinian Militant Terrorist group, sworn to the destruction of the State of Israel succeeded in changing the perceptions of the Arab-Israeli conflict to the extent that within a few months, Israel found itself ostensibly isolated from the international system with major states in the world, including China, Russia,…
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Iran and the United States Today
For over 40 years, the United States and Iran have been at odds ever since an Islamic Shia revolution led by an octogenarian, charismatic Shia leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini overthrew the Persian monarchy along with the constitutional order. Along with communist China and Putin’s Russia, Iran has become the nemesis of Washington. Today Tehran and…
Dr. Morris Mottale 