abdullah baabood عبدالله باعبود
@abaabood
Academic specialist in IR, Gulf and Middle Eastern affairs أكاديمي مختص في العلاقات الدولية وشؤون الخليج والشرق الأوسط @waseda_univ @Cambridge_Uni
Joined February 2011
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We’re now hearing that the U.S. neither expected Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz nor anticipated Iranian attacks on the Gulf states. Seriously? Was this a failure of intelligence, a misreading of deterrence, or simply strategic naivety?
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