West Asia

Oct 20, 20232 min read

British Memorandum of September 1922, Dividing the Palestine Mandate

The creation of Transjordan thus dividing Palestine into two - full text. Article 25 to the Palestine Mandate Memorandum by the British...

Oct 20, 202310 min read

The Palestine Mandate 1922 Covered Areas East of River Jordan

The Palestine Mandate The Council of the League of Nations: Whereas the Principal Allied Powers have agreed, for the purpose of giving...

Jan 4, 202339 min read

Syria and the Wider Region: The Hydrocarbon Dimension

December 2018 The Geopolitics of Oil and Gas in Central and West Asia over the Decades This is an update of an earlier essay on the same...

Dec 30, 20229 min read

Afghanistan After Omar's Death

Omar [L] and Mansour [R] – Omar’s death in 2013 was hidden for two years; Mansour was chosen as his successor. A good starting point for...