Darius Shahtahmasebi is a New Zealand-based legal and political analyst who focuses on US foreign policy in the Middle East, Asia and Pacific region. He is fully qualified as a lawyer in two international jurisdictions.
冠状病毒的影响已经破坏了对石油的需求，沙特阿拉伯，俄罗斯或美国都无法毫发无损地摆脱由此产生的价格战。
Faced with an escalating crisis brought on by the global outbreak of COVID-19, Saudi Arabia made a conscious decision to increase oil production in order to avert a potential oil-price collapse. The move sent an already faltering global economy into a tailspin. The trouble began at the beginning of March, after Russia rejected an ultimatum
Amid COVID-19, Brexit, and an ongoing economic crisis, the UK appears to be winding down its deadly Middle East bombing campaign. So where to next for the RAF?
The UK’s involvement in the U.S.-led air war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria has slowly and quietly wound down over the last few months. Official figures show that the UK hasn’t dropped a single bomb as part of this campaign since September last year. However, where those bombs have caused significant civilian harm is still uncertain, even after
达里乌斯·沙塔玛玛斯比（Darius Shahtahmasebi）写道，随着美国灾难性的中东战争开始逐渐消退，五角大楼正在改变其战略，预算和军火库，以专注于与俄罗斯和中国的对抗。
The Pentagon recently announced it fiscal year 2021 budget request. At $705 billion, it indicates a shifting focus from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a greater emphasis on the types of weapons that could be used to confront nuclear giants like Russia and China. To use the Pentagon’s exact wording, the U.S. is seeking to procure “more
最近一期的《空军新闻》披露，NZDF的高级官员在卡塔尔基地工作了六个月，将新西兰人置于该地区主要目标和轰炸中心的心脏地带，Darius Shahtahmasebi写道。
Last month the coalition government declared the end of New Zealand Defence Force deployments in Iraq. The announcement was silent, however, about the future of another deployment of New Zealand personnel, to a U.S. military base in the Middle East that has attracted controversy thanks to its role at the center of a large proportion of U.S. bombing
In September of last year, Israel held its largest military drill in 20 years, which was specifically designed to simulate a war, not with Iran or Syria, but with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Writing in the Asia Times earlier this month, David P. Goldman lamented that an Israel-Iran war is unlikely to take place any time soon. His observation appears surprising considering the mainstream media has been hyping up the idea of such a war over the past few months. Nevertheless, he is correct. Short of something catastrophic that
Trump may believe he is sending a strong message to North Korea that he will not hesitate to reimpose sanctions and walk away from a deal if he has to, but the reality is that he has actually sent a very destructive message to both North Korea and Iran that the U.S. can’t be trusted.
United States President Donald Trump’s recent decision to completely pull the plug on the 2015 Iranian nuclear accord, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), will likely have a major effect on the upcoming summit between North Korea and the United States. Even as the president was making his announcement, newly appointed
The prevailing truth appears to be that Iran is in full compliance with the JCPOA. And Trump and Netanyahu are well aware of it.
On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave his most grandiose anti-Iranian performance to date, revealing what he believed was direct proof that Iran “lied” about its nuclear program. This isn’t the first time Netanyahu has overhyped the threat of Iran’s non-existent nuclear weapons program. He has been crying wolf over Iran since as
