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My new @ecfr paper on how #Europe can ride the #climate momentum in the #Gulf deploying its #GreenDeal to meet #NetZero & #geopolitical objectives in the region ➡️ bit.ly/2XOK8bG
Read b4 #COP26 #COP26Glasgow
Few take-aways 1/
My new @ecfr paper on how #Europe can ride the #climate momentum in the #Gulf deploying its #GreenDeal to meet #NetZero & #geopolitical objectives in the region ➡️ bit.ly/2XOK8bG
Read b4 #COP26 #COP26Glasgow
Few take-aways 1/
Good that #SaudiArabia & #UAE have pledged #NetZero but #GCC total domestic emissions are only 2.4% of world’s. The #EU needs to focus on the emissions they export, mostly to #China, I argue how: bit.ly/2XOK8bG 2/
As shown by the #SaudiGreenInitiative & #MiddleEastGreenInitiative + #UAE willingness to host #COP 28, the #GCC leaders now see a political value in embracing the #climate agenda. This paper described what each #GCC country is actually *doing* about it: bit.ly/2XOK8bG 3/
#BREAKING: #IRGC Navy is behind the attack "GOLDEN BRILLIANT" oil tanker near the port of #Fujairah. Golden Brilliant is heavily damaged by a mine planted by the #IRGCNavy near port of #Fujairah. In addition to that, an asphalt carrier ship named Kamdhenu is also damaged.
#Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps #IRGC is carrying out large-scale #naval exercises near the Strait of #Hormuz using their floating US #carrier mockup, Iranian-built #UAV drones and a military satellite just launched 22 April presstv.com/Detail/2020/07…
The Payambar-e A’zam (The Great Prophet) 14 exercises are giving us great looks at the unpowered mockup, much smaller than The Real Thing. IRGC speedboats are seen running circles around the barge, pushed by a tugboat at the stern
The IRGC are using home-built #UAV unmanned aerial vehicles and fast speedboats armed with guns and rockets. Troops drop on the mock flattop from helicopters, and at least one parachuted in past fake F-18F Super Hornet fighters - which even featured Modex numbers on the nose
#Iran
So if it comes to a invasion of #Iran there are several things to see and know. The #Geography is on the side of Iran. The #West is protected by a massiv #Chain of #mountains wich would be easy to #defend even with a weaker #army they could try to keep there a defend line
So if it comes to a invasion of #Iran there are several things to see and know. The #Geography is on the side of Iran. The #West is protected by a massiv #Chain of #mountains wich would be easy to #defend even with a weaker #army they could try to keep there a defend line
The north is not able to reach for the #US troops and the #caspiansee is #landlocked by many #nations. A inportant @NATO allie if the defens act works would be #Turkey wich would be forced to send troops against #Iran and a area mainly owned by #Kurds in #Iran.
The last few days of #US military build up make a lot of sense now. The killing of #Iran Quds Force commander Suleimani cannot be overstated as an escalatory event, even if US will have intended it as ultimate show of force.
Suleimani was the most visible face of Iran’s fight against #IslamicState and US in the region. A huge loss of knowledge and expertise for IRGC and humiliating for #Khamenei after his tweet taunting #Trump. The question now must be what an Iranian response will be.
Iran can not afford not to respond to this level of attack, but does not necessarily have to respond immediately. They will understand how vulnerable Trump is going into the electoral period. US military and energy assets across #Iraq are at high risk of rocket and mortar attack.
Frage ist, wo die von #Großbritannien vorgeschlagene europäische Marinemission zur Sicherung des Seeverkehrs in der Golfregion fahren könnte, ohne in eine Konfrontation mit dem #Iran zu gelangen. #Thread
Denn die Meerenge von Hormuz im #PersischenGolf ist an ihrer schmalsten Stelle weniger als 60 Kilometer breit. Sie ist ein wichtiges Bindeglied – zwischen den Ölproduzenten in der Region und den Märkten in Asien, Europa und Nordamerika. Mehr als 30 Prozent des Erdöls,
das verschifft wird, wird durch die Straße transportiert. Kommt es wirklich zur Eskalation werden wichtige Ölproduzenten wie #SaudiArabien, #Kuwait, #Qatar oder #Bahrain ihr Öl nicht verschiffen können. Der Iran hat immer wieder gedroht, diese Meerenge zu schließen.
16. United States decided to label #IRGC terrorists. But who are the real terrorists? Who created, trained, armed & financed the worst terrorist groups in the world?
#Hypocrites #DoubleStandards #Liars #Warlords #USRealTerrorists
#Hypocrites #DoubleStandards #Liars #Warlords #USRealTerrorists
Wrong US policies in the Middle East. Sanctions against Iran. Sanctions used by the USA as a war weapon🤨👇🏼
1. United States decided to label #IRGC terrorists. But who are the real terrorists? Who created, trained, armed & financed the worst terrorist groups in the world?🤨👇🏼
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🔴 DO NOT MISS 🔴
#IRGC releases video showing its #drone -the #US alleges to have downed-safely returning to its base after monitoring #USSBoxer before and after the vessel sailed through the Strait of #Hormuz.
PARTS 1-2-3
#Iran #IranianDrone #StraitOfHormuz #PerisanGulf
#IRGC releases video showing its #drone -the #US alleges to have downed-safely returning to its base after monitoring #USSBoxer before and after the vessel sailed through the Strait of #Hormuz.
PARTS 1-2-3
#Iran #IranianDrone #StraitOfHormuz #PerisanGulf
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#IRGC releases video showing its #drone -the #US alleges to have downed-safely returning to its base after monitoring #USSBoxer before and after the vessel sailed through the Strait of #Hormuz.
PART 3
#Iran #IranianDrone #StraitOfHormuz #PerisanGulf
#IRGC releases video showing its #drone -the #US alleges to have downed-safely returning to its base after monitoring #USSBoxer before and after the vessel sailed through the Strait of #Hormuz.
PART 3
#Iran #IranianDrone #StraitOfHormuz #PerisanGulf
🔴 DO NOT MISS 🔴
#IRGC releases video showing its #drone -the #US alleges to have downed-safely returning to its base after monitoring #USSBoxer before and after the vessel sailed through the Strait of #Hormuz.
PART 3
#Iran #IranianDrone #StraitOfHormuz #PerisanGulf
#IRGC releases video showing its #drone -the #US alleges to have downed-safely returning to its base after monitoring #USSBoxer before and after the vessel sailed through the Strait of #Hormuz.
PART 3
#Iran #IranianDrone #StraitOfHormuz #PerisanGulf
14. United States decided to label #IRGC terrorists. But who are the real terrorists? Who created, trained, armed & financed the worst terrorist groups in the world?
#Hypocrites #DoubleStandards #Liars #Warlords #USRealTerrorists
#Hypocrites #DoubleStandards #Liars #Warlords #USRealTerrorists
Wrong US policies in the Middle East. Sanctions against Iran. Sanctions used by the USA as a war weapon🤨👇🏼
1. United States decided to label #IRGC terrorists. But who are the real terrorists? Who created, trained, armed & financed the worst terrorist groups in the world? 🤨👇🏼
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9. United States decided to label #IRGC terrorists. But who are the real terrorists? Who created, trained, armed & financed the worst terrorist groups in the world?
#Hypocrites #DoubleStandards #Liars #Warlords #USRealTerrorists
#Hypocrites #DoubleStandards #Liars #Warlords #USRealTerrorists
Wrong US policies in the Middle East. Sanctions against Iran. Sanctions used by the USA as a war weapon🤨👇🏼
1. United States decided to label #IRGC terrorists. But who are the real terrorists? Who created, trained, armed & financed the worst terrorist groups in the world? 🤨👇🏼
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1. #Houthis' ability to launch a drone into oil installations in #KSA isn't all that impressive when you consider that their main supplier, #Iran, has been guiding them throughout the process. It is absurd to think that this is a Houthis' DIY project w/out considering the source;
While a worst case scenario approach is an important tool in strategic planning, one should remember that #Iran will probably be cautious than before in retaliating to the #US #IRGC_FTO decision
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First, #Tehran is focused on the floods and is under harsh criticism from its public. As senior #IRGC officials were threatened by an angry mob this week, #Soleimani himself had to announce a 1-month tour in the flooded provinces. This is no time for a conflict with the #US 2/6
