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Coronavirus: The Middle East’s lessons not learnt and missed opportunities
There is little indication that Middle Eastern rulers are learning the
lessons of the Coronavirus’ devastating effect.
Nor is there any suggestion that they are willing...
Qassem Soleimani’s Broken Dream in Central Asia
Exactly two months ago, Iranian Major
General Qassem Soleimani was killed, whom the Shiite world considered a national hero, while the Sunni
regimes of the Arabian...
Parliamentary elections in Iran and how they affect domestic and global policies
On February 21 the Islamic Republic of Iran held parliamentary elections to
the country’s Majlis, a unicameral parliament known as Majlis of Islamic
Council. Simultaneously, it...
Is it safe to travel to Iran as a solo female traveler?
Before I started reading more into Iran, all I heard about this country
were stories about its politics. In the media, Iran seemed like a...
The Turkish intelligence
The Turkish Secret Service, namely Milli Istihbarat Teşkilati (MIT), was
founded by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in 1925. However, only in 1985 - in a phase...
Pakistan-Iran Relations
Establishment of
Bittersweet Relations
Pakistan and Iran
share strong historical, religious, cultural, and linguistic bonds. The
relationship witnessed ups and downs, but despite all that the two countries
tried...
Iran regime’s Parliamentary elections and challenges facing it
Forty-one years have
passed since the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and now the
regime is entrenched in crises and facing a deadlock.
On the...
Growing Political Instability in Middle East: A Case Study of Yemen
Yemen’s full-blown war was the consequence of a series of events
that succeeded one after the other. Violence escalated during the second half
of 2014, when...
Thwarting Iranian Influence is Key to Iraq’s Security
The
mass uprisings in Iraq over the past several months have many factors in
common, the most salient of which include ordinary citizens
decrying economic hardship and...
Iran looms large in Central Asia despite sanctions and Saudi financial muscle
Saudi Arabia may have been getting more than it bargained for when
authorities in Khujand, Tajikistan’s second largest city, ordered that the
city’s largest and most...