Middle East and Africa
Revolution Upending: Iran, Protests and Its Transactional Gambit
The torture and subsequent killing of Mahsa Amini by Gasht-e-Ershad (moral police) in September 2022 has brought the concern of civil liberties in Iran...
The EU Needs to Stand up to Iran
Mahsa Amini was not a dissident nor a protester, just a 22-year-old girl on a day trip to Tehran with her brother. She was...
India-Iran Ties and the US Factor
Apart from the overall agenda of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit, held in Samarkand (Uzbekistan) from Sept. 15-16, 2022, journalists and strategic commentators...
Iran: The Huseyniyyun Brigade and Iran’s Latest Campaign Against Azerbaijan
Iran’s media outlets, clerics, and students from the theological and ideological center of Qom have recently staged protests outside the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran...
Sudanese Revolution Is Not Over: People Will Fight Until the Military Regime Falls
Flags with portraits of martyrs proudly held high in the sky, men and women fearlessly chanting their demands surrounded by clouds of tear gas,...
Biden Administration’s Reset of Ties With Saudi Arabia: Realism Trumps Morality
Differences between Iran and the other signatories to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action JCPOA 2015/Iran nuclear deal have once again come to the...
The Complexities of the Iran-China-Russia Triangle
Most strategic commentators view Iran as an integral component of the Russia-China grouping. As a result of the US withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear...
The Diplomacy-Deterrence Complex in the US Defense Policy in the Middle East
The Middle East has featured prominently in the US defense policy in multiple trajectories of international relations – both Cold War and post-Cold War....
Changing Geopolitical Landscape of the Middle East and Its Implications
Ties between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan had soured after former Pakistan PM Imran Khan hinted at the formation of a parallel bloc to the...
The Russian Invasion Could Cause a New Arab Spring
The invasion of Ukraine and the following sanctions appointed on Russia have European nations alarmed about access to natural gas, on which they have...
Israel-Palestine Conflict: Need for a Special Tribunal and ICC
As the 39 states asked the alleged war criminals in Ukraine to be tried and investigated by the International Criminal Court (ICC), an important...
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Granules & Geopolitics: Conflicts over Sand
Sand, the most abundant of all minerals, is present...
Defense
Defence Exports Could Address the Gaps in India’s Foreign Engagements
India is set to export indigenous Pinaka multi-barrel rocket...
World
UN Working Group on Disappearance Should Rethink Data Collection Method to Avoid Unwanted Mistakes
On Sept. 21, the United Nations Working Group on...
Europe
The Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria Kick Starts With a Swanky Ceremony in Sofia
This weekend’s opening ceremony in Sofia of a gas...
Europe
How Nord Stream Pipelines Helped Russia in Invading Ukraine
On the afternoon of Sept 26, the operators of...
