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SO U.S. DEPENDENCE ON MIDDLE EAST OIL HAS FALLEN, BUT PRODUCTION OF MIDDLE EASTERN OIL HAS RISEN BY ABOUT 5 MILLION BPD IN THE PAST DECADE. SO THE REST OF THE WORLD USES MORE OIL FROM THE REGION THAN THEY DID A DECADE AGO. FURTHER, ABOUT 20% OF THE WORLD』S OIL PASSES THROUGH WATERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST THAT BORDER IRAN. THUS, A FAIR AMOUNT OF THE WORLD』S OIL SUPPLY COULD BE AT RISK IF THE SITUATION IN THE REGION CONTINUES TO ESCALATE.
SEVERAL AIRLINES ON WEDNESDAY SAID THEY WOULD BE AVOIDING IRANIAN AIRSPACE OR CANCELING FLIGHTS IN THE WAKE OF HEIGHTENED TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
「ALSO THERE』S PERCEIVED TO BE A HIGHER RISK ASSOCIATED WITH ASSETS BASED IN THE MIDDLE EAST AS THEY』RE SO MUCH NEARER TO ANY POTENTIAL FURTHER MILITARY ACTIONS,」 HE SAID. 「ONE OF THE RISKS WITH ARAMCO WAS ALWAYS A HIGHER RISK PREMIUM BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY』RE BASED AND THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. I GUESS IT』S JUST A REFLECTION OF THAT TODAY MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.」
ASIAN SHARES AND U.S. TREASURY YIELDS TUMBLED WHILE THE YEN, GOLD AND OIL SURGED AMID FEARS OF A WIDER CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. READ MORE
ON IRAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS FOLLOWING ISRAEL"S PLAYBOOK.
SUCH RESTRICTIONS ARE OFTEN PRECAUTIONARY IN NATURE TO PREVENT CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT FROM BEING CONFUSED FOR ONES ENGAGED IN ARMED CONFLICT. THE FAA SAYS THE RESTRICTIONS ARE BEING ISSUED DUE TO 「HEIGHTENED MILITARY ACTIVITIES AND INCREASED POLITICAL TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHICH PRESENT AN INADVERTENT RISK TO U.S. CIVIL AVIATION OPERATIONS.」
TOKYO (REUTERS) - JAPAN SAID ON WEDNESDAY IT WILL STICK WITH PLANS TO DEPLOY SELF-DEFENSE FORCES TO THE MIDDLE EAST TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ITS SHIPS, EVEN AMID HEIGHTENED TENSIONS AFTER THE UNITED STATES’ KILLING OF AN IRANIAN MILITARY COMMANDER.
IT HAS BEEN A MANTRA OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY FOR A DECADE OR MORE THAT, WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES, THE MIDDLE EAST WOULD DESCEND INTO CHAOS. OR EVEN WORSE, IRAN WOULD RESURRECT THE PERSIAN EMPIRE AND SWALLOW THE REGION WHOLE.
OTHER UNITS INCLUDE AROUND 100 MARINES FROM THE SECOND BATTALION, SEVENTH MARINE REGIMENT. THE COMPANY-SIZE CONTINGENT IS DEPLOYED TO KUWAIT AS PART OF A SPECIAL PURPOSE TASK FORCE MEANT TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE MARINES, FRESH OFF HELPING AMERICAN FORCES WITHDRAW FROM NORTHEASTERN SYRIA, ARE REINFORCING DOZENS OF SECURITY PERSONNEL POSITIONED AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD. THE COMPOUND IS LARGE, MORE THAN 100 ACRES, WITH GUARD POSTS, LIVING AREAS, DINING HALLS AND SMALL SHOPS.
THE US IS SENDING B-52 BOMBERS TO A MIDDLE EAST HUB AMID TENSIONS WITH IRAN
EUROPE & MIDDLE EAST
THERE LIES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PM MODI. THE TIME IS RIPE FOR HIM TO TRAVEL TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND BRING TO BEAR HIS CONSIDERABLE PEOPLE SKILLS THERE. HE SHOULD ENGAGE IN SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY BETWEEN THE SUNNI GULF STATES, IRAN, AND ISRAEL. THE MIDDLE EAST IS INDIA』S BACKYARD. BECAUSE OF OIL, SECTARIANISM AND RELIGION, IT IS A REGION THAT PROMISES TO STAY COMBUSTIBLE FOR AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE. PM MODI MUST PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN HELPING CALM THE MIDDLE EAST. IF HE WON』T DO IT, WHO WILL?
THE FOLLOWING BRIEF REVIEW OF SEVEN MIDEAST CONFLICTS REFLECTS THESE DEVELOPMENTS AND RAISES THE QUESTION AS TO WHAT MUST BE DONE TO CHANGE THE DYNAMICS IN THE HOPE OF SOLVING SOME OF THESE CONFLICTS. HERE IS A QUICK GUIDE TO WHAT AILS THE MIDDLE EAST OVERALL.
TEHRAN VOWED TO "RETALIATE" OVER A US AIRSTRIKE IN BAGHDAD THAT KILLED QASSEM SOLEIMANI. AT LEAST 3,000 MORE US TROOPS WILL BE DEPLOYED TO THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER THE KILLING OF A TOP IRANIAN COMMANDER.
US WARNS SHIPS IN MIDDLE EAST WATERWAYS OF POSSIBLE IRAN ACTION
THE ASSASSINATION OF QASSEM SOLEIMANI, THE SECOND MOST INFLUENTIAL FIGURE FOR THE IRANIAN REGIME ONLY AFTER THE SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI, REPRESENTS A MILESTONE IN MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS IN MANY WAYS. SOLEIMANI WAS NOT AN ORDINARY MILITARY COMMANDER OR POLITICIAN, BUT WAS THE MAN CARRYING OUT ALMOST ALL IRANIAN MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, RANGING FROM LEBANON AND SYRIA TO YEMEN. HIS DEATH WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS ON FOUR DIFFERENT LEVELS: IRANIAN DOMESTIC POLITICS, IRAN-U.S. BILATERAL RELATIONS, REGIONAL POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS.
THE UK PRIME MINISTER REMAINED ON HOLIDAY IN THE CARIBBEAN AS THE MIDDLE EAST CRISIS DEVELOPED.

 

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