Middle East & Africa
Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei: How the 86-Year-Old Confronts His Greatest Crisis Yet
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ruled Iran since 1989, exercising ultimate authority over all branches of government, the military, and the judiciary. With decades of...
China rejects US militarization of Middle East, responds to Iranian threat on Jordan base
In mid-February 2026, Iranian media outlets and channels published a video documenting details of the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Zarqa, northern Jordan, from...
Can Iran Prove Its Resilience in the Face of US Pressure?
Iran’s regional power position prominently declined after structural devastations to its proxies, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza, and the subsequent fall of...
Carrier, Chokepoint and Coercion: The Growing Risk of Iran-U.S. Conflict
After the successful US regime-change military action in Venezuela, it appears Washington is aiming for a similar endeavor again—this time in the Middle East...
African Union Consolidates Relations with United Nations
In its declaration after the two-day extensive deliberations, African leaders, under the auspices of the African Union, renewed their collective pledge to strengthen strategic...
Are U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks Diplomacy or a Countdown to War?
The second round of nuclear talks between the United States and Iran concluded in Geneva on Tuesday with what Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi...
The Art of Not Choosing: Africa’s Multipolar Strategy
Authors: Ravi Raj and Akshan Ranjan*
The current geopolitical positioning of the African continent is not in compliance with the traditional dichotomies of what we...
East at a Crossroads of Conflicts
The world's attention is focused primarily on the conflict in Ukraine. Meanwhile, the potential for armed clashes in another part of the world is...
Why the Abraham Accords failed to bring peace to the Middle East – China’s perspective
China believes that the Israeli Abraham Accords for peace in the Middle East and Africa, despite achieving diplomatic rapprochement between Israel and some Arab...
Africa: Resetting Development Agenda
Under the auspices of the African Union leadership, African leaders convened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the 39th Ordinary Session of the African Union...