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Mohammed Soliman

Cairo, Mexico City, Washington
As seen in: Middle East Focus, MSN, MSN India, Hindustan Times, Newsweek, Newsweek Europe, ScienceDirect, Journal of International Affairs, MDPI, Substack, The Indian Express and
Tech & Geopolitics & EMEA @MiddleEastInst. Fellow @FPRI & @TrilateralNA. Prev. @GUDiplomacy & @USIP & @georgetownmsfs. Book: West Asia (02/26)

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Opinion A volatile oil market is free advertising for everything Chinese

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By Mohammed Soliman
| The Indian Express Verified
For decades, American strategists comforted themselves with an assumption about China: Its wealth was also its weakness. Beijing needed open shipping lanes, foreign markets, and Arab oil moving freely through the Strait of Hormuz. Pinch those arteries, and China would have to come to the table and make concessions to Washington. The war with Iran was supposed to deliver that pinch. It did the opposite by strengthening China’s hand.
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Opinion Best of Both Sides: Round one to China, without firing a shot

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By Mohammed Soliman
| The Indian Express Verified
The question hanging over the Iran war is whether history is about to deliver a comparable verdict on American power this time. Donald Trump, during his address to the nation on Wednesday, said that the war in Iran is a success and “nearing completion”, even as thousands of US troops remain positioned in the region. The US can degrade Iran’s military capacity; that much is beyond dispute.
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Opinion Dubai won’t just survive Iranian missiles — it barely noticed them

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By Mohammed Soliman
| The Indian Express Verified
The analysts predicting Dubai’s decline made a category error. They looked at the images, the damaged terminal, the grounded planes, the empty departure hall, and concluded that what had been struck was Dubai’s global posture and its power. It wasn’t. What was struck was Dubai’s physical infrastructure, which is repairable, replaceable, and already being repaired.
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