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Iraq’s Geopolitical Tightrope: Balancing Iran, Turkey, and US Pressures

Iraq’s struggle to assert its sovereignty is increasingly complicated by its entanglements with Iran and Turkey and a persistent terrorist threat.

Iraq has chosen to fight climate change as a growing concern related to the welfare, and if not pursued consistently, the survival of the population.

Normalisation of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia could serve as an example to leaders in the strife-ridden Middle East.

Bashar al-Assad’s power is slowly being threatened as Moscow and Tehran are intertwined with dilemmas that have stretched their militaries thin.

Amidst asset freezes, travel bans, and economic isolation, the Middle East will remain a destination for Russia’s ‘anxious’ wealth.

Pezeshkian will face serious challenges balancing between mitigating immigration and securing Iran’s water resources of the Hirmand River.

The leadership transition period was a vulnerable time for Al-Qaeda, bringing a less charismatic and much more publicly subdued leader to the helm.

Exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah are viewed with extreme caution by foreign policymakers as the war could draw in the entire region.

For now, Russia needs Turkey more than the other way around—both in terms of trade, but also to avoid further diplomatic isolation.