Key topics covered in the course include: nationalism in Mussadiq's Iran and Qasim's Iraq; the Arab Cold War and the civil war in Yemen; the Cold War politics of reform in Mohammad Reza Shah's Iran ...

A top-secret document from August 1990 was compiled shortly after Iraq invaded Kuwait, triggering the Persian Gulf War. The document summarized the various moves made by Washington in 1987 during ...

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Japan’s diplomatic documents worked out three decades ago during the Persian Gulf crisis, triggered by Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in the year after the Cold War ended, were recently ...

notes, biblio., index . $28.00 paper . ISBN:1591149428. While the Coalition side of the 1990-1991 Gulf War has received extensive treatment in histories, memoirs, and analyses, the other side of the ...

Contrary to claims of weakness, Iran remains a formidable actor with robust defense capabilities and significant geopolitical ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

A warning has gone out to seafarers in the Persian Gulf over ... Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries,” the statement said. The Houthis have begun to deescalate their campaign ...

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The city of Amarah recorded Iraq’s warmest nighttime low on record at 102 (39 C). The same heat dome that’s in the Persian ...