Middle East & Africa
New intrigue over nuclear deal
The Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) demonstrated
unprecedented foreign policy activity in August as Iranian Foreign Minister
Mohammad Javad Zarif visited Finland, Sweden, Norway, France, China,...
Why is Iran meeting with Arab Gulf States?
KSA and UAE
differences on Syria and Yemen: Reasonable Differences or a Clash?
How the Media
Created an Impression of a Major Rift and Widened Misunderstandings
In recent
months,...
Death of female Iranian soccer fan puts FIFA and Asian soccer body in the dock
When Sahar Khodayari this week set herself alight in front of a Tehran
courthouse, she indicted world soccer body FIFA, its Asian regional group, the
Asian...
Yemen Conflict and OIC: The role of the powerful states
Authors: Muhammad Rizwan and Tajjalla
Munir*
Yemen is an important Muslim state located
on southern border of Saudi Arabia. It is situated adjacent to Red Sea, which
is...
Ethiopia and Russia Need to Catch Up
“There is a need to catch up. We agreed to
hold meetings regularly,” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a media
conference after diplomatic talks with...
Playing politics: Trump and Netanyahu risk sparking nuclear arms race
Afghan president Ashraf Ghani may not be the only one to have welcomed US President
Donald J. Trump’s cancellation of peace talks with the Taliban....
Undestanding the Gulf States: The European Perspective
Mitchell Belfer is President of the Euro-Gulf Information Centre, a
Rome-based organization that is engaged in building political and economic
bridges between European countries and the...
Challenging the world order: Erdogan wants right to develop nuclear weapons
Brinkmanship may be his trademark, but Turkish
president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is unlikely to provoke the ire of the
international community by launching a nuclear weapons...
Africans Must Focus on What Unites Them Not What Separates Them
The majority of South Africans are appalled at the attacks on African
migrants and refugees in the country by South Africans, said its Finance
Minister Tito...
Youth and Women Key to Making This Africa’s Century
Africa can achieve a step change in economic growth by addressing shortfalls in governance, reducing barriers to trade and – crucially – embracing...