All the UAE’s men: Gulf crisis opens door to power shift in Palestine
James M. Dorsey | With attention in the Middle East focused on the Gulf crisis, the United Arab Emirates is elsewhere seeking to reshape the...
Recep Tayyip Erdogan: The revival of Ottoman Empire?
For the world he may seem an autocrat in the guise of democratically elected presidency; for western media he might be a tyrant who...
U.S Iran nuclear deal: what will be its implications in the region?
Jawaria Waheed | 13 years after the nuclear activities of Iran were exposed an agreement was finally concluded on 14th July 2015 in Vienna, Austria which...
Egypt allows soccer fans to attend matches after six years!
James M. Dorsey | Caught between a rock and a hard place, Egyptian general-turned-president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has agreed to allow thousands of fans to...
Tehran hits Delhi’s underbelly as Modi hugs Trump and Netanyahu
News Analysis | Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatullah Khamenei has spoken in favor of the 'oppressed Muslims' of Kashmir for the second time in as many...
Jackson report puts Saudi Arabia and UK in a tight spot
James Dorsey | A report charging Saudi Arabia with funding extremism in Britain puts both the Kingdom and Prime Minister Teresa May on the spot. The report...
The club of four castigate Qatar’s piecemeal response
News Analysis | The GCC surge against one of its member countries, Qatar continues as the crisis over its alleged support for terrorism turns into...
Pak-Iran: energy sector performance and wind power project
News Analysis | By the end of the financial year 2017, it can be said that  Pakistan’s power and energy sector will see tremendous improvements...
Israel tackles Trump’s Syrian blues
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Government officials can be broadly put into two categories — those who take to bureaucratic skullduggery like fish to water and...
Indomitable Qatar up against rampant opponents
News Analysis | The Qatar crisis enters its second month tomorrow with no immediate and amicable end in sight.The tiny Gulf country has shown defiance and...
A tough choice to make
News Analysis | The recent conflict in the Middle East has created a real possibility for the creation of an independent Kurdish state. Kurds are...
Qatar: a case study of how small states are treated in International realm
James M. Dorsey | A Qatari refusal to bow to the dictate of its larger neighbors is a case study of the place of small...