Erdogan battles on multiple fronts in risky regional power bid
The optics seem evident: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is at
odds with just about everybody.
Mr. Erdogan is on opposite sides of Russia in Syria,...
Iran looms large in Central Asia despite sanctions and Saudi financial muscle
Saudi Arabia may have been getting more than it bargained for when
authorities in Khujand, Tajikistan’s second largest city, ordered that the
city’s largest and most...
What the Deal of the Century Tells Us About the World We Live In
The real issue with US President Donald J.
Trump’s Deal of the Century Israeli-Palestinian peace plan is not whether it
stands a chance of resolving one...
Protesters push Arab militaries off their pedestal
A decade of anti-government protests in the
Arab world have thrown popular trust in the military into the garbage bin and
undermined the military’s position as...
Saudi Arabia and Iran: Not places for persecuted religious and ethnic minorities
A series of recent measures in Saudi Arabia and Iran that violate the
rights, if not endanger religious and ethnic minorities call into question
their moral...
Drawing battle lines: Centre-right parties take on civilisationalism
The Centrist Democrat International (CDI), in an attempt to counter
the rise of civilizationalist states and leaders, has called for the creation of an alliance...
Iran crisis test drives fundaments of Trump’s foreign policy
At the core of US president Donald J. Trump’s maximum
pressure campaign against Iran lies the belief that Iran can be forced to
negotiate terms for...
China and India place risky bets on Muslim acquiescence to anti-Muslim policies
Last month’s Islamic summit in Malaysia failed to challenge with a bang
Saudi influence in the Islamic world and Muslim silence about repression of
adherents to...
The battle for Libya: The UAE calls the shots
This week’s inauguration of a new Red Sea Egyptian military base
was pregnant with the symbolism of the rivalries shaping the future of the
Middle East...
Iran crisis: A high-stakes bet on who blinks first
Two sets of
US government cables suggest that Iran hawks in and outside the Trump
administration appear to have the upper hand as European countries give
hardliners...