Middle East & Africa
AMU’s failure: Morocco and Algeria disagreement
To the most people who believe in the vision of rivalry and dreamt of regional power within their spheres of influence, the best idea...
South Sudan-India: Diplomatic Relations and Economic Partnership Potential
During the Sudan civil wars in fifties, sixties, seventies, eighties and nineties India maintained some kind of unofficial diplomatic relations with the Southern Sudan...
Qatar’s decision to leave OPEC
The Emirate of Qatar will leave OPEC as from January 1, 2019.
The primary reason for this choice is the Emirate’s project to become the...
Iran: Which way to go?
The US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), seriously hampered the chances for keeping the landmark accord in place.
The accord, signed...
US Senate resolution potentially changes Middle East dynamics
A draft US Senate resolution effectively portraying Saudi policy as detrimental to US interests and values and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as “complicit” in the killing of...
Recreating geopolitical view of the media with the death of Khashoggi
McLuhan in his book "To understand the media" said: "Archimedes has said," Show me a point of reference in the world so that I...
Influential Opportunities for South Sudan Diplomacy
Since its exiting in the international relation system; diplomatic approaches plays a very unique and crucial role in nations’ efforts to achieve their political...
Saudi diplomatic offensive seeks to put Khashoggi behind it and thwart Qatar
As Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman tours friendly Arab nations in advance of the Group of 20 (G-20) industrialized nations summit in Argentina,...
U.S. and Saudi nuclear options
Authors: Javad Heiran-Nia, Ramin Hossein Abadian*
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) has recently pushed a plan to build seven strategic nuclear projects in...
Thaw in Egypt-Iran Relations: A Flawed Interpretation
A number of analysts, columnists and Mideast watchers have been, for last couple of years, forecasting a thaw in Egypt-Iran relations. Citing a series...