Persian Gulf

Islamic Republic of Iran’s Strategic Culture and National Security Analysis

SWJED — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 09:59:37 +0000

Islamic Republic of Iran’s Strategic Culture and National Security Analysis SWJED Sat, 01/18/2020 - 4:59am

Iran’s strategic culture and national security outlook is at a critical juncture, where historical nationalism, religion and political ideology are being challenged by modernisation, moderation and pragmatism. As a result, current Iranian national security policies can be analysed as working like a pendulum between supranationalist and realist tendencies.

Could the United States Leave the Middle East by 2031? - A Reply to Anand Toprani on U.S. Strategy in the Persian Gulf

SWJED — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 18:06:53 +0000

Could the United States Leave the Middle East by 2031? - A Reply to Anand Toprani on U.S. Strategy in the Persian Gulf SWJED Wed, 06/19/2019 - 2:06pm

Failed dreams of a U.S. withdrawal from the Middle East were very much on my mind while reading a pair of excellent – if flawed – articles in 'War on the Rocks' by Anand Toprani. In the first essay, published in January, Toprani provides one of the best explanations you’ll find on the vagaries of oil pricing and supply, as well as a cogent case for why oil is unlikely to be “just another commodity” anytime soon. In his second essay, published in May, he further underscores that the Persian Gulf remains an irreplaceable source of oil production and argues, to this end, that the United States needs to continue its Cold War role as the region’s strategic guarantor.

War With Iran? - Error, Manipulation and President Donald Trump's "Strategy" of Incoherence

SWJED — Mon, 20 May 2019 06:57:50 +0000

War With Iran? - Error, Manipulation and President Donald Trump's "Strategy" of Incoherence

To some extent, there is nothing new under the sun. Fabrication and folly are hardly unknown to US presidential policies on war and peace. Before President Donald Trump commits further to any new or expanding military operations against Iran, therefore, it would be prudent to look back at some of this country's previous war policy manipulations and errors.

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A Primer for the Unique Language of Arabs who Sail the Persian Gulf

Peter J. Munson — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:03:59 +0000

A Primer for the Unique Language of Arabs who Sail the Persian Gulf Peter J. Munson Sun, 03/25/2012 - 9:03am

A Sunday look at the boat types of the Persian Gulf.