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Iran Is Using Alternative Routes To Bypass US Naval Blockade

The United States and Israel’s bombing campaign has left much of Iran’s infrastructure and industries.......

Is the Middle East Again on the Brink of War?

The Middle East has now plunged back into a state of dangerous uncertainty with reports.......

Nazish Mehmood

The Gulf Is Burning Again, and This Time, Abu Dhabi Is In the Line of Fire

In a development on Monday morning, Iran attacked the UAE through cruise missiles and armed.......

Farwa Imtiaz

Iran’s 14 Points Proposal to Washington

The new 14-point proposal floated by Iran, which is now reportedly under consideration by Donald.......

Nazish Mehmood

The Strait of Hormuz Crisis of 2026: Economic Sovereignty, Strategic Signaling, and the Limits of Military Power

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the most important geopolitical chokepoints on Earth. One-fifth.......

South Asia Journal

Pakistan–Saudi Arabia Strategic Convergence in a Fragmenting Regional Order: Economics, Defense Cooperation, Nuclear Ambiguity, and the Iranian Factor

Pakistan's strategic location gives it a central role in the modern international order. Home to.......

Ghulam M. Suhrawardi

War Diplomacy: Iran & Trump!

Ironically, however fragile the ceasefire be, that it bears certain diplomatic weight for United States,.......

Nilofar Suhrawardy

What Happens to Maritime Order After the Iran War?

With the United States and Iran escalating confrontations along the Strait of Hormuz—including seizure of.......

John P. Ruehl

Hormuz Crisis Has Supercharged The Middle Corridor Trade Route

While diplomatic efforts struggle to stabilize access to the Strait of Hormuz amid tensions between.......

The Saudi Arabia-Pakistan Defence Agreement: Perspectives from India and the Middle East

In September 2025, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA). The.......

Arab Complicity in the Bloodlands: How Gaza and Sudan Became Linked Theatres of Genocide and Geopolitical Plunder

For generations, the rhetoric of “Arab solidarity” has been presented as a unifying moral anchor.......

South Asia Journal

Are Trump and Netanyahu approaching crunch time?

US President Donald Trump is turning the screws on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu as policy towards Israel.......

James M. Dorsey

Resetting US-Israel relations: Will he, or won’t he?

The question is not if, but when US-Israel relations will reset.The writing is already on.......

James M. Dorsey

Is The Arab Time Capsule Out of Time?

The US and Israel are aligned to divide, defeat and destroy the Arab states. America.......

Mahboob A. Khawaja

Israel’s Football Forced to Adopt Stricter Anti-Racism Measures

These days, it’s rare for a major Israeli organisation to take a stand against racism........

James M. Dorsey

Challenges of Governance Before the Syrian Government: Public Services, Trust and Justice

The Syrian government led by President Ahmed al-Shara has been confronting enormous challenges in meeting.......

Dr. Manoj Kumar Mishra

Egypt balances on Gaza knife’s edge

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat broke the mould of Middle Eastern geopolitics when he made a.......

James M. Dorsey

Arab-Muslim Leaders: Episode of Sham and Drudgery

The Israeli war on Gaza and other parts of Palestine portray a trajectory of deceit.......

The Gulf Countries Are Turning To Hedge Against the US

The Gulf states are transitioning to post-oil economies diversifying their oil wealth to manufacturing, tourism.......

Dr. Manoj Kumar Mishra

COP31 Türkiye and the Global South: Energy Security and Climate Credibility in a Warming World

For much of the Global South, the climate debate is inseparable from a more immediate.......

Dr Abdul Waheed Bhutto