Borzou Daragahi

Oct 9, 2024 | stimson.org | Borzou Daragahi |Barbara Slavin |Joaquin Matamis

Editor’s Note: Borzou Daragahi, a veteran journalist, has covered the Middle East from a variety of perspectives and postings, including major oil producers and energy consumers. This is his first piece for Stimson. By Barbara Slavin, Distinguished Fellow, Middle East PerspectivesA Middle East grappling with armed conflicts, geopolitical deadlocks, refugee crises, and the growing impact of climate change faces new upheaval in a quicker-than-expected worldwide transition to clean energy.

Apr 19, 2024 | atlanticcouncil.org | Borzou Daragahi |Holly Dagres

Conflict Defense Policy Iran Israel Middle East Politics & Diplomacy Security & Defense Iran once had air inferiority. After its attack on Israel, it flies high. Iran’s unprecedented April 14 attack on Israeli territory was a warning shot. It showed Tehran’s potential ability to put a dent in Israel’s formidable air superiority despite essentially its lacking a modern air force. The direct Iranian air attack on Israeli soil was a watershed moment in the region’s steadily deteriorating...

Mar 15, 2024 | pressnewsagency.org | Borzou Daragahi

Turkey and Egypt bury the hatchet, marking an finish to rising third axis within the Center EastPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s go to to Egypt on February 14 marked a milestone in diplomatic relations between two international locations that fell grievously afoul of one another throughout a uncommon interval of political and ideological divergence that lasted virtually a decade.

Aug 26, 2023 | independent.co.uk | Borzou Daragahi

Your university-aged cousin or niece may be addicted to falafel sandwiches. But your meat-loving uncle and aunt are still a long way from giving up steak for shiitake, or replacing the chicken in their vindaloo with bean curd. Indeed, evidence suggests that the for vegan eating habits have slowed recently, and that enthusiasm for plant-based diets may be waning after it peaked several years ago.

Aug 21, 2023 | turkeyrecap.substack.com | Borzou Daragahi

Intelligence officers and diplomats often write tell-alls about their time in public service. A couple like Graham Greene and John le Carre have even turned out enduring classics. But perhaps not since early modern Italy’s Niccolo Machiavelli has a senior statesman been as prolific a scholar as İbrahim Kalın, the new head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT).