December 2, 2020 by Graham E. Fuller • Uncategorized • Tags: China, Egypt, EU, Middle East, Muslim world, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, US •
Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 2 December 2020 Is Turkey out of control? That seems to be the consensus of so many analyses now circulating in US and some European policy circles. But the short answer is, no, it is not. Yet it may be understandable why the US, with its own narrow and self-centric obsession […]
October 16, 2019 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Iran, Israel, Kurds, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, US policy •
Everybody Betraying Everybody in Syria Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 16 October 2019 Just what have we witnessed in the recent events in Syria? It’s hard to know, given the avalanche of superficial and over-the-top headlines in most US media: betrayal of the Kurds, handing Syria over to Russia, caving to Turkey’s Erdogan, bestowing a gift […]
August 6, 2019 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Eurasia, Iran, NATO, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, US foreign policy •
“Who Lost Turkey?” Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 5 August 2019 Here we go again, another phase of witch-hunting over “Who lost —-(fill in the blanks) country.” It was once who lost China in 1949, then Cuba in 1959, then Iran in 1979, and others. The latest iteration is now “Who lost Turkey?” This question classically […]
October 18, 2018 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Erdogan, Graham Fuller, Iran, jamal khashoggi, Muhammad bin Salman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Wahhabism •
The grisly details of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi security goons in their own consulate in Istanbul has riveted global attention like few other recent stories. Not surprisingly, the lurid descriptions of this single sensational case have far greater impact on public perceptions than the deaths of some ten thousand Yemenis—mostly civilians— in Saudi Arabia’s military operations in Yemen—facilitated by Washington and London.
January 9, 2018 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: demonstrations, Graham Fuller, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Shi'ites, Sunnis, Turkey, US •
Iran—On the Brink? Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 9 January 2018 With the emergence of demonstrations and rioting in various Iranian cities earlier this month, Washington’s neoconservatives and interventionist/ imperial-minded “liberals” have been given a new lease on life in promoting their aspirations for “regime change” in Tehran. Indeed, of the three current potential global flashpoints—North […]
August 8, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Bahrain, Graham Fuller, Iran, Oman, Persian Gulf, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Wahhabis, Yemen •
Dark Signs in the Persian Gulf Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 8 August 2017 The political and economic assault against Qatar by a Saudi-led coalition so far shows no signs of succeeding in bending Qatar to its will. More seriously, it raises ominous signals for the future of geopolitics in the Arabian Peninsula. That future may […]
June 14, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Islamism, Muslim Brotherhood, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, terrorism, Turkey, UAE •
Does Qatar Really Threaten the Gulf? Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 13 June 2017 The tiny Gulf state of Qatar is today under harsh siege from nearly everybody in the Middle East, and portrayed as a “supporter of terrorism.” The US has bought into the mantra. What’s really going on here? Back in the 1990s the […]
February 19, 2016 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Erdogan, Graham Fuller, Iran, Iraq, Kurds, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, US foreign policy •
How Can Turkey Overcome its Foreign policy Mess? Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 18 February 2016 What does Turkey need to do to overcome its present foreign policy fiasco, one of the worst in modern Turkish history? The irony of all this is that those directly responsible for this mess—the team of Recep Tayip Erdogan (now […]
November 15, 2015 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Iran, ISIS, Kurds, Paris bombings, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, terrorism, Turkey, UN, US •
ISIS- The Hour Has Struck Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 14 November 2015 ISIS, with its horrific attack on purely civilian targets in Paris, has established new realities about its nature, capabilities and intentions. The need for its elimination can now no longer be in doubt. It is not that Parisian lives are more important than […]
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In great power diplomacy, is China beating US at its own game?
March 13, 2023 by Graham E. Fuller • Uncategorized • Tags: China diplomacy, Iran, Iran US foreign policy, Saudi Arabia •
RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT Quincy Institute, Washington, DC Written by Graham E. Fuller Washington can learn something about not letting ideology get in the way of conflict resolution and economic development. MARCH 13, 2023 It makes only a modest story in the U.S. news media. Yet China has just pulled off a paradigm shift by facilitating a diplomatic […]
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