Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit and Later Developments: The Politics Analyzed
The summit’s mood was a somber one, toned down by Ukraine war, mounting global economic and environmental crises.
Important developments are:
Strengthening Economic Ties
New initiatives planned...
Public opinion surveys challenge the image Arab leaders like to project
Several recent public opinion surveys send a mixed message to autocratic reformers in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, which hosts this...
Sahel security crisis ‘poses a global threat’
Rising insecurity, including the proliferation of terrorist and other non-State armed groups, coupled with political instability, is creating a crisis in the Sahel that...
Middle Eastern Geopolitics in The Midst of The Russo-Ukrainian War
Russia's national interests have been harmed by the West's efforts to obstruct Eurasia's integration and provoke conflict. Support from the United States and the...
Russia and the end of North Korea’s Tong-mi bong-nam strategy
North Korea's decades old strategy of 'Tong-mi bong-nam' (Engage the United States, Block South Korea) and its rare variant ( 'Tong-nam bong-mi' or Engage...
The Global South be united to end the hegemonic evils of the West
Let me start writing this piece with my statement that “I hate all wars, and particularly the ongoing war in Ukraine because this is...
ASEAN’s Role in Bangladesh-Myanmar Border Tension
For the past few days, Myanmar is continuously violating Bangladesh’s air space and territorial sovereignty. It has now done so at least five times....
Myanmar spiralling ‘from bad to worse, to horrific’
Since the Myanmar military launched its “disastrous” coup last year, UN-appointed independent human rights expert Tom Andrews said on Wednesday that conditions have worsened, “by...
The Taliban and the current Afghanistan
After the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the Afghan state and the public rapidly declined. The country's territories have become the source of international...
Creating Building Blocks for Cooperative Security in the Middle East
Fading hopes for a revival of the 2015 international agreement that curbed Iran’s nuclear program potentially puts one more nail in the coffin of...