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Non-Dollar Trading Is Killing the Petrodollar — And the Foundation of U.S.-Saudi Policy in the Middle East

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(Apologies for late posting on CF’s website – this article was first published by Huffington Post on 2 December 2014) Alastair Crooke, Huffington Post, 2

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10/01/2014

Conflicts Forum’s Weekly Comment 20 – 27 December 2013

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Change in the region continues apace: Turkey:  Whilst no one should underestimate PM Erdogan’s sheer, brutal pugilism and ruthlessness to stay in power, the AKP undoubtedly

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28/12/2013

Conflicts Forum’s Weekly Comment 13 – 20 December 2013

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What is the ‘state of the nation’ – or more correctly of the Arab Middle East ‘nation’– at the end of 2013?  We all know

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20/12/2013

Conflicts Forum’s Weekly Comment 6 – 13 December 2013

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The tempo of the regional dance of diplomacy has been heightened over recent days. Karzai, Maliki and Lavrov all have visited Tehran in recent days,

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13/12/2013

Conflicts Forum’s Weekly Comment 29 November – 6 December 2013

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Three clear dynamics have chacterised the recent period since the signing of the Geneva Accord by the P5+1 and Iran. The first – for now

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06/12/2013

Conflicts Forum’s Weekly Comment 22 – 29 November 2013

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One of the most significant aspects of the Geneva Accord reached between Iran and the P5+1 is that it happened – in spite of the reported millions spent by

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29/11/2013

Conflicts Forum’s Weekly Comment 15 ­- 22 November 2013

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The severe shaking to the old order in the Middle East, dished up by President Obama with the Syrian and then the Iranian initiatives, seems

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