Links — 8 Jan 2020 Part 1

Valdai Analytics (pessimistic outlook for entire region for foreseeable future)
What Awaits US in the ‘Post-Soleimani’ Middle East?

Hamidreza Azizi

Reminiscence of the Future (more optimistic – if the US got the message that they are vulnerable)
First Impression.
Andrei Martyanov

Moon of Alabama
Iran's Missile Launch Against Two U.S. Bases in Iraq Calls Trump's Bluff - Updated

Anti-Empire
Somali Islamists Breach a US-Kenyan Military Base, Destroy Several US Aircraft, Kill 3 Americans
Abdi Guled

Craig Murray Blog (cautiously optimistic)
A Window for Peace
Craig Murray, formerly British ambassador to Uzbekistan and Rector of the University of Dundee

Johnson's Russia List
William Dunkerley: “Washington Times Flimflams Readers on Putin’s ‘Disastrous’ Reign”

The Vineyard of the Saker
Round one is over – an initial assessment
The Saker