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Saudi Arabia’s Entertainment Plans: Soft Power at Work?
Saudi Arabia recently broke ground on its ambitious “entertainment city” known as Qiddiya, near Riyadh. The splashy launch, attended by 300 dignitaries from around...
Will Mahathir Reset China-Malaysia Trade Relations?
A shock electoral upset has just returned 92-year-old Dr Mahathir Mohamad to the prime ministerial chair in Malaysia. The run-up to this climax was...
Analyzing CPEC Summit 2018
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is the flagship project of China’s Belt and Road initiative, prioritized by both the Governments of China and Pakistan to...
The Iranian People Deserve a Better Deal from the West
Half a million brutally murdered, five million internally displaced, and another six million turned into refugees, willing to risk death to escape the nightmare...
Why Pakistan is not a failed state
How many times have we heard something negative about our state coming from the western and from our beloved neighbor next door who doesn’t ...
The Eclipsing Iran Deal: Truth And Consequences
International treaties and agreements are between countries -- not between leaders or governments, for if that were the case they would not be worth...
Technocratic management pottery with glazed jihadi management
An overview of the evolution of nearly four decades of Islamic revolution shows that what was the main component of the advancement and advancement...
Middle Eastern rivalry spills onto Asian soccer pitches
Saudi Arabia’s bitter rivalry with Iran has spilled onto Asian soccer pitches with the newly created South West Asian Football Federation (SWAFF) reflecting the...
“Is it Live or is it Memorex?” The Real World of Lies
For those of you who are not Americans from Generation X, the tag line advertising and marketing jingle "Is it live or is it...
Hezbollah’s Political Parliamentary Triumph
Obviously, the recent Lebanese parliamentary elections were not only a political rivalry but also a strong referendum to renew and pledge allegiance to the...