Middle East & Africa
Saudi religious moderation: How real is it?
Meet
Mohammed bin Abdul-Karim Al-Issa, the public face of Saudi crown prince
Mohammed bin Salman’s version of moderate Islam.
A 54-year
old former justice minister, Mr. Al-Issa, one...
The labyrinth of the special envoys to settle the question of Western Sahara
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the decomposition of the Soviet
empire and the resulting geopolitical turmoil put an end to the order of...
India-Israel Relationship
India and Israel gained their independence
within months of each other, but found themselves headed in pointedly different
directions for nearly four decades. India assumed leadership...
Impressions from South Africa’s election
South Africa’s recent general election has
bucked the international trend towards populism by consolidating its democracy
at the political centre. The ruling African National Congress, led...
Iran vs. US: Bracing for war?
On May 8, 2018, President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from
the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran
nuclear deal,...
A survey of Arab youth highlights gaps between policies and aspirations
Results of a recent annual survey
of Arab youth concerns about their future suggest that Arab autocracies have yet to deliver expected public
services and goods,...
US-Iran Tension: Avert any big disaster to humanity
US-Iran
tension is growing to a dangerous level. Irrespective of who is right and who
is wrong, but everyone agrees that it is leading toward a...
Chinese purchases of Iranian oil raise tantalizing questions
A fully loaded Chinese
oil tanker ploughing its way eastwards from two Iranian oil terminals raises questions of how far Beijing is willing to go...
Governance reform could see African economies benefit to tune of £23bn
The latest edition of PwC’s
bimonthly Global
Economy Watch has found that African economies could receive a windfall
of £23bn if each economy applied similar governance reforms...
The Iran Question
Will there
be war with Iran? Will there not be war
with Iran? The questions are being asked
repeatedly in the media even though a single carrier...