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Dr. Albert B. Wolf

@abwolf1648.bsky.social

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PhD Poli Sci (UCI). Lived in Israel, Baku, Kabul, Iraq & Pakistan. Foci: MENA, Coercive Diplomacy, War Term & Aud Costs. Pubs: FP, IS, Survival, WOTR & MEP. Interviewed- Al Jazeera, BBC Radio, CNBC. Signal: Abwolf1815.37.

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Dr. Albert B. Wolf @abwolf1648.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

UAE just issued missile alert to residents.

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Dr. Albert B. Wolf @abwolf1648.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Despite having attempted to distance Iraqi #Kurdistan from the #IranWar (& Pres. Nechirvan Barzani’s role as a back channel to the #IRGC), #Iran is believed to be culpable for attacks on PM Masrour Barzani’s Erbil offices & home of the head of the Parastin.

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Dr. Albert B. Wolf @abwolf1648.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

If he wants to avoid being another Olmert, he needs to keep fighting Hezbollah, #Iran MOU be damned. See my piece in Polity on Olmert, audience costs and the Second #Lebanon War of 2006: jstor.org/stable/26358....

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Dr. Albert B. Wolf @abwolf1648.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Second, principalist hardliners, such as Paydari partisans in the Majlis, the electorate, and the IRGC will point to such a concession as a humiliation on a par with 1827, 1872, Tobacco, D’Arcy Oil, the Anglo-Russian Convention, the tripartite division of #Iran during WWII & US support for the Shah.

Saeed Jalili (right), leader of the Paydari Front, with former President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.

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Dr. Albert B. Wolf @abwolf1648.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Unpopular opinion: U.S. pressure on Iran may be making diplomacy harder, not easier. Just sat down with SecurityDilemma podcast to break down why — and what a smarter strategy could look like. 🎧 Listen : shorturl.at/UY2ut

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Dr. Albert B. Wolf @abwolf1648.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Iraq disarmed → overthrown. Libya disarmed → Gaddafi killed. Ukraine disarmed → invaded. Iran watched all three. Now you know why 21 hours of talks in Islamabad produced nothing. My latest at 19fortyfive.com: www.19fortyfive.com/2026/04/goli...

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Dr. Albert B. Wolf @abwolf1648.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Trump tweeted that the U.S. is now in the process of clearing out the Strait of #Hormuz. Yesterday’s @nytimes.com reported Iran was unable to locate the mines it planted (www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/u...). Anyone with any credible info?

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Dr. Albert B. Wolf @abwolf1648.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Nasser lost Suez militarily & "won" strategically — exposing British decline. #Iran's nukes & missiles are degraded, but a $2M-per-ship toll on 20% of world oil and exposure of America's decline are the #IranWar's real legacies. America's Suez. #Hormuz, @notus.com, @economist.com, @thehill.com

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