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World Enters Critical Period of Intensified Risks in 2018
The prospect of strong economic growth in 2018 presents leaders with a golden opportunity to address signs of severe weakness in many of the...
Scotland – 45 years in the European Union
The possibility of Scotland leaving the UK is looming large the closer we get to March 2019. This comes despite all the immediate defense...
India-Pakistan ties: Are there any realistic possibilities of reviving engagement?
Two interesting developments have taken place in recent weeks. Firstly, a report submitted by standing committee on External Affairs recommended the resumption of engagement...
A Review of Last Week in Trump-ville: TPS, DACA, Immigration, And Excrement Metaphors
On TPS …
On January 8, 2018, the Trump administration ordered the end of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for El Salvador, putting the lives...
Brexit Second Referendum: Will Britain Have a Sudden Change of Heart?
The Brexit referendum results provoked an unprecedented upheaval and political meltdown in the United Kingdom; as a result, in March 2017, the United Kingdom...
Extremism Has No Place in Political Discourse
The world’s leaders have as of recently begun escalating a war of words with fiery rhetoric - but none of them can claim that...
Trump Invective Disregards Facts
War, namely, the use of actual force hovers in the background, while warfare, which is really all other means in relations between states, remains...
Salafi mission calls into question Saudi concept of moderation and policy in Yemen
Plans to open a Salafi missionary centre in the Yemeni province of Al Mahrah on the border with Oman and Saudi Arabia raise questions...
Iranian protests expose contours of leadership in the Muslim world
If week-long anti-government protests in Iran exposed the Islamic republic’s deep-seated economic and political problems, they also laid bare Saudi Arabia’s structural inability to...
Saudi sports: The dark side of Crown Prince Mohammed’s reforms
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will be putting his best foot forward when enthusiastic women soccer fans this week attend for the first...