James Durso
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America’s Next Strategic Partner Is Hiding in Plain Sight | OilPrice.com (opens the original)
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When Uzbekistan celebrates 35 years of independence on September 1st, Washington should do more than congratulate its people and government. It should recognize a strategic opportunity and make Uzbekistan the anchor of its policy in Central Asia. Uzbekistan is Central Asia's most populous country, strategically located between Russia, China, Iran, Afghanistan, and the Caspian Sea. It is opening its economy, improving relations with its neighbors, and seeking greater integration with global marke
Pakistan Bets on Security and Trade as Ties with Iran Grow | OilPrice.com (opens the original)
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Pakistan has played a key role as a mediator in the U.S./Israel war on Iran. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces, have raised Pakistan’s profile so much that Foreign Affairs gushed “Pakistan Won the War in Iran.” Pakistan’s leaders are practical men with working relations with Washington and Tehran and are not performing good works to save their immortal souls, but because Pakistan and Iran are “neighbors forever” and they a
Iraq Leader’s Successful Visit to Washington Shows New Path Forward with U.S. | OilPrice.com (opens the original)
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Iraq’s new prime minister, Ali Al-Zaidi, was first regarded as a political newcomer with no prior experience in government or political office, but he understood enough about Iraq’s interests to insist his first overseas trip be to the United States, unlike his predecessors, whose first official visits were always to Iran. Al-Zaidi recently concluded his visit to Washington, D.C., and a successful meeting with U.S. president Donald Trump. Al-Zaidi appears to have achieved significant gains, alth
The Trade Routes Iran Cannot Afford to Lose | OilPrice.com (opens the original)
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The future of relations between Central Asian republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) and Iran under a government now dominated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is likely to feature pragmatic economic and transit cooperation amid heightened caution, with short-term disruptions from the 2026 conflict and longer-term continuity driven by mutual interests in connectivity and multipolarity. Iran's Shift to IRGC Leadership (as of mid-2026) Following the
Washington Draws a Line for Iraq’s New Leader | OilPrice.com (opens the original)
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Iraq’s new prime minister, Ali Al-Zaidi, will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. on 14 July - shortly after America’s Independence Day on July 4th. Trump will no doubt highlight America’s struggle for independence and will press Al-Zaidi to make Iraq independent of Iran, but is Trump ready for an Iraq that is independent of America? It’s a good question because the same day the White House released the terms of the 14-point U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), The New A
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