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Course-Correcting Britain’s Middle East Strategy

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 2 April 2026

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This entry was posted in British Politics, Foreign Policy and tagged Armilla Patrol, Bahrain, ballistic missiles, Britain, Carrier Strike Group, Cyprus, diplomacy, Donald Trump, Ed Miliband, Europe, F-35s, foreign policy, GCC, Gulf Cooperation Council, Gulf States, Hezbollah, Hizballah, HMS Dragon, HMS Lancaster, HMS Middleton, Iran, Iran War, IRGC, Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Labour Party, LNG, Masoud Pezeshkian, Middle East, NATO, oil, Oman, Operation HIGHMAST, Qatar, RAF Akrotiri, Royal Navy, Saudi Arabia, Sir Keir Starmer, Strait of Hormuz, Strategic Defence Review, strategy, Syria, Turkey, Typhoons, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States on April 2, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

“Damned Lies and Statistics”, Al-Qaeda Edition

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 9 February 2026

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy and tagged 9/11, 9/11 Commission Report, Africa, al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda in Iraq, al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, al-Shabaab, al-Shabab, AQAP, AQIM, Australia, Bondi Hanukkah Massacre, caliphate, Global War on Terror, Harakat al-Shabab al-Mujahideen, ideology, Intelligence, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Khaled Shaykh Muhammad, Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting, Osama bin Laden, September 11, September 11 attacks, Somalia, strategy, Syria, Taliban, terrorism, United Nations, United States, Usama bin Laden, Yemen on February 9, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

Credit Where it is Due: Trump’s Campaign Against the International Criminal Court is Working

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 January 2026

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy and tagged Antisemitism, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, European Union, HAMAS, International Criminal Court, international law, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, Karim Khan, Omar al-Bashir, political warfare, Qatar, Russia, Sanctions, Ukraine, Umar al-Bashir, United Nations, United States, Vladimir Putin, Western Alliance, Yoav Gallant on January 12, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

Trump and Venezuela: Is This “Regime Change”?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 6 January 2026

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy and tagged Ansar Allah, Bay of Piglets, Canada, Cartel de Los Soles, Cartel of the Suns, cartels, Central Intelligence Agency, Chavismo, Chavistas, China, CIA, cocaine, Cold War, colonialism, Communism, corruption, cryptocurrency, Cuba, Cubazuela, Delcy Rodríguez, despotism, DGI, DI, Dirección de Inteligencia, Dirección General de Inteligencia, Donald Trump, drug wars, drugs, Edmundo González, espionage, FARC, fentanyl, Foreign Terrorist Organisations, Fox News, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, Greenland, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Honduras, Houthis, Hugo Chavez, Intelligence, invasion of Iraq, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, J.D. Vance, Jack Keane, John Bolton, Juan Orlando Hernández, Kim Jong-il, Manuel Noriega, María Corina Machado, Marco Rubio, Marxism, narco-terrorism, narcotics, NATO, Nicolas Maduro, Nicolas Maduro Moros, Nobel Peace Prize, oil, Operation ABSOLUTE RESOLVE, Operation GIDEON, Panama, Proconsul, propaganda, public diplomacy, Qassem Sulaymani, Qassem Suleimani, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Russia, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, SEBIN, secret police, Sinaloa Cartel, socialism, Specially Designated Global Terrorist, spies, Syria, TdA, terrorism, Tren de Aragua, Venezuela, Victor Manuel Rocha, Vladimir Putin, War on Terror, weapons of mass destructions, WMD, Xi Jinping, Yemen on January 6, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

Trump’s “Policies” on Syria and Ukraine Come into View

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 April 2025

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy, Russia, Syria and tagged Britain, Crimea, Donald Trump, Keir Starmer, Keith Kellogg, Mark Rutte, NATO, propaganda, Russia, Steve Witkoff, Syria, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky on April 16, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

HAMAS Admits Lying About the Palestinian Casualties — Again

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 2 April 2025

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy, Israel and tagged Gaza, Gaza Health Ministry, Gaza War, Government Media Office, HAMAS, human rights, Israel, media, Palestinians, political warfare, propaganda, United Nations on April 2, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

“International Law” is a Dangerous Illusion

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 20 May 2024

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy, Israel and tagged African National Congress, Al-Qassam Brigades, ANC, Antisemitism, Benjamin Netanyahu, Charles Taylor, Christianity, crimes against humanity, Gaza, genocide, HAMAS, human rights, ICC, ICJ, ideology, International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, international humanitarian law, international institutions, international law, Ismail Haniyeh, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jews, Jugoslavija, Karim Khan, Laurent Gbagbo, Liberia, Mohammed Deif, NGO, Nuremberg Trials, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Omar al-Bashir, political warfare, proportionality, rape as a weapon of war, Rome Statute, Russia, Slobodan Milošević, South Africa, sovereignty, Soviet Union, Sudan, Ukraine, United Nations, Vladimir Putin, war crimes, World Court, Yahya Sinwar, Yoav Gallant, Yugoslavia, Zionism on May 20, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

The West Needs a Strategy to Counter Iran’s “Ring of Fire”

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 April 2024

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy, Iran, Israel and tagged Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, al-Hashd al-Shabi, Ansar Allah, Ansarallah, Antisemitism, Artesh, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayn al-Asad Airbase, Badr Corps, Badr Organisation, Dawa Party, Donald Trump, French Revolution, Gaza, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Hadi al-Ameri, Hadi al-Amiri, HAMAS, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Houthis, Huthis, invasion of Iraq, Iran, Iran-Iraq War, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Israel, Jamal al-Ibrahimi, Jews, Karbala raid, LAF, Lebanese Armed Forces, Lebanon, Mohammad Hadi Haji-Rahimi, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, Mohammed al-Sudani, Nevatim Airbase, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PIJ, Qassem Soleimani, Qassem Sulaymani, Qassem Suleimani, Qods Force, Quds Force, Russian Revolutions, Sanctions, SCIRI, sectarianism, Shaaban Intifada, Shi’a jihadists, Shi’a militias, Shi’ite jihad, Special Groups, Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, Syria, terrorism, Unit 3800, velayat-e faqih, wilayat al-faqih, Zionism on April 16, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

What To Make of China “Brokering” the Saudi-Iran Deal

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 14 March 2023

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy, Gulf States, Iran, Iran Deal and tagged Abqaiq attack, Abqaiq-Khurais attack, America, ARAMCO, Barack Obama, China, Donalt Trump, Egypt, hegemony, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Lebanon, maximum pressure, political warfare, proxy war, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Shia militias, Soviet Union, subversion, Syria, terrorism, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Yemen on March 14, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

Turkey Tries to Exploit the Latest “Blasphemy” Controversy in Sweden

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 22 January 2023

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy, Turkey and tagged active measures, AKP, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, blasphemy, Chang Frick, Christianity, Danish cartoons, European Committee for Prophet Honouring, Finland, Hard Line, Iran, Islamism, Justice and Development Party, Jyllands-Posten, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Muslims, NATO, PKK, propaganda, Rasmus Paludan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, RT, Russia, Russia Today, Salman Rushdie, Saudi Arabia, secularism, Stram Kurs, Sweden, The Satanic Verses, theology, Turkey, Ukraine on January 22, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

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