2020 Forecast: Revealing the Future of the Middle East
Authors: Maria Al Makahleh (Dubovikova) and Shehab Al Makahleh*
“When I thought I had already reached the bottom, they knocked from
below.”-Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
This quote...
Indonesia’s economic diplomacy: From hope into doubt
The dawn of
2020marked as a new era for Indonesian foreign affairs, as the Indonesian
government issued a new foreign policy direction shortly after Retno Marsudi
re-elected...
The clash between Iran and the United States after Soleimani’s death
“Operation Martyr Soleimani” began on the night of
January 8. The leader of the Pasdaran Al Quds Brigade had died on the night of
January 3.
Some...
No winners in any war
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to sneak into a jaguar’s enclosure in one of the country’s...
Borders and identities in the globalised world
“We intend to be kind to everyone. We have
many friends. But just as importantly, we aspire to remain ourselves.”-Lee Kuan Yen (1923-2015), Prime
Minister of...
Reading tea leaves: US backs off support for regime change in Iran
An Iran hawk who advocated killing general Qassim Soleimani, US
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has ordered his diplomats
to limit contacts with militant Iranian exile...
Ripples of 1MDB scandal likely to complicate Malaysian ties to key Gulf states
Disclosures of taped phone calls
between embattled former prime minister Najib Razak and a person believed to be
United Arab Emirate crown prince Mohammed bin Zayed...
All is well: Alice Wells is visiting Pakistan soon
United States
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice
Wells will visit Pakistan from January 19 to January 22. She is...
China, the “New Things” of New Year’s Eve
The world's most massive seasonal migration begins. From 10th to 15th February
2020, as every year, millions of Chinese will move from one part of...
Iran’s Middle East Strategy
A look at the map of the Middle East reveals three
major geographic regions: the Anatolian Peninsula (Turkey), the Arabian
Peninsula (Saudi Arabia) and the Iranian...