Initial Taliban moves fail to convince Afghanistan’s neighbours
The Taliban’s record in recent weeks on making good on promises to respect human and women’s rights as well as uphold freedom of the...
To include or not include? China-led SCO weighs Iranian membership
The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan may help Iran reduce its international isolation. At least, that’s what the Islamic Republic hopes when leaders of the...
Bin Laden’s legacy probably surpasses his wildest dreams
At the very outset of the 21st century, Osama bin Laden wittingly or unwittingly positioned himself with the 9/11 attacks as one of its...
Taliban perpetuate Muslim world’s failed governance paradigm
The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan perpetuates a paradigm of failed governance in the Muslim world based on a centuries-old alliance between Islamic scholars and...
Meet Zayed Fadi: Turkish TV’s bellwether for relations with the UAE
Turkish state-run television appears to have not gotten the message: Turkey and the United Arab Emirates are burying the hatchet – one of several...
US Foreign Policy Debate Rages, But Fails to Move the Needle
A series of reports published by Washington-based think tanks populated by former government officials as well as prominent United States scholars has revived debate...
Afghanistan has lessons for the Gulf
The US withdrawal from Afghanistan will likely clarify what the Gulf’s security options are.
Gulf states are likely to monitor how Russia and China handle...
AfPak takes on a new meaning with the rise of the Taliban
Recent attacks on Kabul’s international airport by the Islamic State’s Afghan affiliate raise multiple questions as well as the spectre of paradigm shifts in...
Taliban victory threatens to be a double-edged sword for Pakistan and China
Pakistani efforts to exploit the Taliban victory in Afghanistan threaten to reinforce ultra-conservative inclinations in Pakistan itself, the world’s second-most populous Muslim majority country,...
Hedging Saudi bets: Iran looms, Israel beckons, and Taliban cause goosebumps
Prince Khalid bin Salman may not have planned it that way but the timing of his visit to Moscow last week and message to...