US-Saudi arms deal: Is this setting the stage for a Saudi-Iranian War?
Manzar Qureshi | Amid pomp and grandeur, President Donald Trump delivered his much awaited “speech on Islam” in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. After praising...
Trump’s speech in Riyadh in fact proves that the US needs Iran
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The Saudi Arabian government didn’t do well to schedule US President Donald Trump’s speech at the Arab-Islamic-American Summit at Riyadh for...
US-Iran ties: Has the US kicked the hornet’s nest?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | I have in my personal collection a riveting document relating to the great plunder of the state resources of post-Soviet Russia...
What has Saudi Arabia lost in an attempt to please its ‘master’?
Sufian Qazi | A long time ago, a wild dog visited a city to meet his urban dog friend. The wild dog was skinny, weak,...
The Afghan Quagmire: Kabul is not the only victim!
Saad Yousaf | Over the last few weeks, the unwieldy Unity government in Kabul has been facing multifaceted challenges. Afghan Taliban’s gains in Northern Afghanistan...
A comprehensive guide to Trump’s speech addressing the Muslim world
On Sunday, President Donald Trump gave a speech addressing the Muslim world in Riyadh. His first address on his first foreign visit revealed a...
Rouhani’s re-election: No hope for better US-Iran ties, yet!
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Hassan Rouhani’s magnificent victory in Iran’s presidential election, polling as much as 57% of the votes, has once again proved the...
Hassan Rouhani re-elected as President: Will he be able to reform Iran?
News Analysis | Iran's reformist President Hassan Rouhani has emphatically won the country's presidential election, according to official results, fending off a challenge by the rival, Ebrahim...
Arab-Islamic Summit: US-Muslim get-together without Iran?
Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan | Arab–Islamic Summit is scheduled to take place next week in Riyadh. In a clear sign of the reversal of US...
The Middle-Eastern conflict: Threatening for Pakistan and China’s OBOR
James M. Dorsey | Increasingly caught up in the Middle East’s multiple conflicts, Pakistan is struggling to balance relations with rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran...
Rising tensions between the neighbors; Pakistan offers diplomacy to Iran
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Pakistan has scored a hat-trick. On top of the tensions with India that threaten to cascade any moment, and the bloody...
Rising Iranian-Pakistani tensions: Is Pakistan’s “house of cards” going to collapse?
James M. Dorsey | An Iranian warning that it may attack militant bases in the troubled province of Balochistan threatens to bring Pakistan’s house of cards...