In a recent statement issued by the Saudi authorities, it was claimed that the government has successfully apprehended some ISIL operatives who were planning to carry out certain attacks in the country. During last three weeks, at least two major attacks took place…
Salman Rafi Sheikh
07.06.2015
China: Demand for Resources and the Changing Contours of Foreign Policy
China’s foreign policy, especially towards the Middle East and Africa, is being shaped by its increasing requirements for Oil and other natural resources, leading to a situation that can be summarized as such…
04.06.2015
China Gets Political in Afghanistan
In the last week of October 2014, soon after his election as the new President Ashraf Ghani travelled to China to convince China of the need for playing a big role in re-constructing the war-torn country. The tour was highly symbolic of Afghanistan’s efforts to…
16.05.2015
Power and Vulnerability: Saudi Kingdom and its Troubles
As it stands, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the most ‘powerful’ states in the Gulf region. However,…
07.05.2015
The Iran deal and the Western Geo-Politics
The peace deal between the US led coalition and Iran has some critical geo-political benefits in its blossom that the…
22.04.2015
The US-Israel Rift: “Best-friends” Falling Apart
It was not so long ago when analysts spoke of an ‘enduring’ US-Israel alliance and its impact on the Middle…
15.04.2015
Aggrandizement is what defines the US trained ‘Afghan Forces’
As the US keeps pouring in billions of dollars to train Afghan forces----which, nevertheless, consist of those who have previously…
07.04.2015
Israel in the Changing Strategic Environment in the Middle East
A cursory look at the geo-political developments taking place in the Middle East would draw our attention to one very…
28.03.2015
The US-Iran Nuclear Deal and Regional Political Re-alignments
Any probable nuclear deal between the United States of America and Iran is likely to result in giving a new…
22.03.2015
Qatar wins a Geo-Political Jackpot
After ‘suffering’ a period of relative isolation and inaction, Qatar seems to have ‘win’ the necessary US and Arab support…
10.03.2015
The Iran-US Nuclear Deal: Latent Realities
One of the most remarkable and defining characteristics of the international state system is the making and re-making of alliances…
26.02.2015
Chinese ‘Assault’ on the Middle East
Amidst the US led chaos in the Middle East, China continues to expand its geo-economic stretch, exporting a reasonable chunk…
