Middle East & Africa
Iran’s people situation after US Sanctions
The radical neoconservatives of the United
States have seen one of their options in dealing with Iran on the challenging
issues of changing the Iranian government,...
The US-Iran Tension: US may never attack Iran
Yes, I believe the US may never attack
Iran. It is based on past experience that the US never attacks a state where it
has a...
The Middle East: Barrelling towards a nuclear and ballistic missiles arms race
The Middle East is barrelling towards a nuclear and
ballistic missiles arms race.
The race is being aided and abetted by a US policy
that views the...
Can Endstate of US-Iran Clash be better than JCPoA, 2015?
President
Trump signed an executive order on 24 June, imposing additional economic
sanctions on Iran. Apparently it’s in retaliation to shooting down of the US
Drone by...
Public decency law puts Saudi reforms in perspective
A newly adopted Saudi law on public decency helps define Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman’s vague notion of ‘moderate Islam.’
It also lays bare the pitfalls...
Why should China fully support Iran in Persian Gulf tensions?
According to many international thinkers
creating tensions in the Persian Gulf region by the U.S. also aims at
containing China and limiting Beijing’s access to energy...
Africa Awaits Russia’s Investment
Russia has
been looking to raise its existing relationship with African countries and
Afreximbank is now providing huge support in realizing that long term goal. The
bank,...
Istanbul, the Mayoral Election Rerun: A Turning Point for Democracy?
Despite state-sponsored and private efforts
to influence the outcome of Turkey’s mayoral elections on March 31 either
directly or indirectly, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
and his Justice...
Caught in geopolitical crossfire: Al-Azhar struggles to balance politics and tradition
When Pope Francis I visited
Egypt in 2017 to stimulate inter-faith dialogue he walked into a
religious and geopolitical minefield at the heart of which was...
The tension between Iran and the United States
At the beginning of last summer, precisely on May 8,
2018, US President Donald J. Trump carried out one of his old projects, i.e. to
explicitly...