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Pakistan struggles to get a grip on militancy and ultra-conservatism
Seventy years after its birth, Pakistan is struggling to get a grip on Sunni Muslim ultra-conservatism and its militant offshoots that were aided and...
Smoking and drinking: Churchill sets an example today’s Western leaders can learn from
To understand that Western emphasis on human rights is at best a fig leaf to do business with autocrats whose rule is based on...
Pakistan’s Tight Rope Walk between Iran and Saudi Arabia
Pakistan’s recent decision of sending a contingent of slightly above 1000 troops to Saudi Arabia apparently in violation of its own parliamentary resolution of...
Arabs leverage lucrative nuclear contracts to enhance security and keep options open
Controversy in South Korea over a secret military clause in a nine-year old agreement to build the United Arab Emirates’ first nuclear reactor raises...
Truths behind Afrin and Eastern Ghouta
On January 30, the Turkish military launched an operation in the Kurdish-controlled Afrin district under a code-name “Olive Branch Operation.” The offensive was against...
The Middle East’s nuclear technology clock starts ticking
The Middle East’s nuclear technology clock is ticking as nations pursue peaceful capabilities that potentially leave the door open to future military options.
Concern about...
Iran losing historic chance to capture gas market share
The long-awaited gas pipeline project of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (TAPI) connecting the energy-rich Central Asian nation with the South Asian countries was...
Supporting TAPI Saudi Arabia tries to decrease Iran’s regional role
The long-awaited mega gas pipeline project of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (TAPI) connecting the energy-rich Central Asian nation with the South Asian countries...
Gulf crisis upends fiction of a separation of sports and politics
The Gulf crisis that has pitted World Cup host Qatar against a United Arab Emirates-Saudi Arabia-led alliance for the past eight months is showing...
Iran-Saudi conflict not a zero-sum game
Professor Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, Chair of the Centre for Iranian Studies at the London Middle East Institute believes “This is a part of a new...