Holly Ellyatt, CNBC: Could Saudi Arabia and Iran really go to war?
* Saudi Arabia and Iran's ongoing battle for power and influence rages on in the Middle East but analysts aren't convinced that an all-out war will happen, yet.
* Many neighboring countries have been drawn into the conflict with Qatar, Yemen, Syria and Lebanon becoming proxy battlegrounds in the fight for regional dominance.
Saudi Arabia and Iran's ongoing battle for power and influence rages on in the Middle East but analysts aren't convinced that an all-out war will happen, yet.
Many neighboring countries have been drawn into the conflict with Qatar, Yemen, Syria and Lebanon becoming proxy battlegrounds in the fight for regional dominance.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 23, 2017
Iran Sees Its Rivals Uniting as Israel Talks Up Saudi Ties -- Ladane Nasseri and Marc Champion, Bloomberg
Syria war, Sochi peace -- Pepe Escobar, Asia Times
How the Middle East Became Russia's Game, Not America's -- Nikolas K. Gvosdev, National Interest
Is MBS’s supreme anti-corruption committee torturing Ritz detainees? -- Uwe Parpart, Asia Times
Can Zimbabwe Cure Its Hangover From Mr. Mugabe? -- New York Times editorial
Robert Mugabe’s lucky break: he had Grace to act as lightning rod -- Tania Branigan, Guardian
Angola’s new leader shakes up old order after dos Santos -- Colin McClelland, AP
China-India vie for a strategic slice of paradise -- Bertil Lintner, Asia Times
The US invaded Iraq in 2003... will it be North Korea in 2018? -- Robert J. Traydon, News 24
North Korea terror blacklisting: The end of diplomacy? -- Wesley Rahn, DW
Score One for the Experts as Brexit Costs Grow -- Therese Raphael, Bloomberg
Is Germany's Angela Merkel Really in Danger? -- Jacob Heilbrunn, National Interest
Putin's Patriotic Frenzy Is Turning on Him -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Five Questions About the Missing Argentine Submarine -- John Kester, Foreign Policy
Is OPEC Dead? -- Grant Smith, Bloomberg
