Middle East & Africa
A New Currency Offers New Hope for Zimbabwe
For many Zimbabweans queuing up outside banks last week, it must have felt like the beginning of a new era. A decade after the...
The secret behind Trump’s moves in eastern Deir ez-Zur
Trump’s desire for Syrian oil has led observers to consider it as the
beginning of occupying oil wells in other countries, including Libya, Iraq,
Saudi Arabia...
Middle Eastern protests: A tug of war over who has the longer breath
Mass anti-government protests in several
Arab countries are turning into competitions to determine who has the longer
breath, the protesters or the government.
In Algeria, Lebanon and...
The Geopolitics of natural resources of Western Sahara
In the post-bipolar
international legal literature, the right to self-determination is part of the
broader concept of human rights, and the only aspect of self-determination that
remains...
China’s ties with Africa go beyond the “debt trap”
Authors: Do Quynh Anh & Francis Kwesi Kyirewiah*
Over the past decades, there have been numerous arguments
about China’s relations with Africa which is seen as...
Iran’s next parliamentary election hinges on economic problems, US sanctions effective
It seems any faction focuses on solving the economic problems, has more chance for victory in the parliamentary elections.
The eleventh elections
of the Islamic Parliament...
Iran’s Dangerous Game in Iraq Could Lead to Deep Quagmire
Citizens of Baghdad continue to fight against the
current regime after over
a month of protests reached a fever
pitch with over 300 dead and thousands wounded....
Soleimani in Iraq
The current presence of Qassem Alì
Soleimani, leader of the Al QudsForce of the "Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps" in Iraq is strategically significant.
Certainly, according to the...
Gulf soccer suggests that “The Times They Are a-Changin”
Gulf soccer may be giving Bob Dylan’s 1964 hit, ‘The Times They Are
a-Changin,’ a new lease on life.
Qatar surrendered its
Arabian Gulf Cup hosting rights...
Beyond the dire needs of Iraq’s demonstration: National renaissance and a new challenge to Iran
For many, Iraqis have
long been gone into hibernation to hold the politicians accountable for
corruption in OPEC's second-largest oil producer. So the first of October
2019 ...