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Chris Doyle

Chris Doyle is director of the London-based Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU). He has worked with the council since 1993 after graduating with a first class honors degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Exeter University. He has organized and accompanied numerous British parliamentary delegations to Arab countries.

Twitter: @Doylech

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Crimes must stop before Middle East can be at peace

As the world awaited a possible deal between the US and Iran last week, President Donald Trump launched a fresh angle — that any deal would have to be contingent on a host of regional powers joining the Abraham Accords, meaning normalization with Israel.

June 01, 2026

Diplomatic discipline prevails during Trump’s China visit

The planet’s two most powerful chiefs locked horns in Beijing last week, with the whole world assessing every syllable and twitch from both. It was part performative theater, part secretive conclave.

May 18, 2026