Middle East & Africa
Water Diplomacy: Creating Spaces for Nile Cooperation
The Nile
River is the longest river on the earth, with eleven nation states sharing it
and over 487 million people or about 20% of the...
Russia, Africa and the SPIEF’19
In 2019,
four African countries - Côte d’Ivoire, Lesotho Niger and Somalia - for the
first time attend the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF’19)
held on...
The economic summit in Bahrain won’t be about Palestinian-Israeli conflict
In less
than two weeks Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt will present in Manama the
first part of the long-awaited “deal of the century”, the peace...
Russia joins Gulf states in coaching Sudan’s military
Russia has emerged as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates’ silent
partner in assisting the Sudanese military’s efforts to weaken, if not defeat a
months-long...
Who benefits most of suspicious attacks on oil tankers, tensions in the Gulf?
The events roiling the Persian Gulf in recent weeks and days have the
potential to affect everything from the price of gas to the fate...
Review: Africa At The SPIEF’19
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has held
series of diplomatic discussions with a number of high-level African
delegations who attended the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF)
from...
The odds of success for Japanese PM’s visit to Iran
US President’s recent retreat from his previous rhetoric stances towards
Iran should not be misinterpreted as the White House’s retreat from its policy
of ‘maximum pressure’...
Russian Iranian strains raise spectre of US-Israeli-Russian deal on Syria
With Israel set to host an unprecedented
meeting of the national security advisors of the United States, Russia and
Israel, this week’s efforts by German foreign
minister...
The Congo Affair With Russia
Over the years, Russia and the Republic of
the Congo have had good bilateral relations and, undoubtedly, there are still
prospects for strengthening these relations especially...
Clerics and entertainment seek to bolster MbS’s grip on power
A public apology by a prominent Salafi scholar sheds a light on Saudi crown prince
Mohammed bin Salman’s version of ‘moderate Islam,’ his effort to...