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Israel’s Ukraine conundrum may have implications for Gulf states
Middle Eastern states see their ability narrow to walk a fine line in the Ukraine conflict. Israel is a case in point as tensions...
US-Gulf divergence: Placing risky bets
Russia's invasion of Ukraine spotlights seemingly widening differences between the United States and its closest Middle Eastern allies, sparking eulogies for an era of...
Always a major Middle Eastern power, Israel now takes centre stage
A straightforward message emerged from this week’s meeting in the Negev desert of the foreign ministers of four Arab countries, Israel and the United...
Middle East Funds will invest $1 Billion in Infrastructure in Argentina
Disbursements will reach US$ 550 million by 2022 and "potentially" another US$ 450 million approval by 2023, reported the Argentine Foreign Ministry. Among the...
Autocratic vs. Democratic Islam = UAE vs. Indonesia
Indonesia has emerged as a primary battleground between democratic and autocratic visions of Islam in the 21st century.
The battle pits Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the...
The Gulf crisis has lessons for Vladimir Putin. Not all may work in his favour
The Ukraine crisis may constitute a more impactful, historic watershed than the 1989 fall of the Berlin wall in the mind of Singapore Foreign...
Ukraine may force Middle Eastern rivals to upgrade their toolkit
Struggling to remain on the sidelines of the 21st century’s watershed war in Ukraine, Middle Eastern nations are discovering that they may be fighting...
The US ban on Russian oil and the new realities in the Middle East
On March 8, 2022 US President Joe Biden imposed a ban on imports of Russian oil, gas and energy . Said the US President,...
Ukraine: Middle Eastern states eye cost of hedging bets
Emiratis celebrated their failure to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the United Nations Security Council as the end of an era in...
The UAE Drone Attack is a Grim Reminder for Better Regulation of Drones
The drone technology has ushered in an era of revolution, not only in military sector but in other sectors as well. Unmanned aerial vehicles...