Pakistan Grapples with the Middle Eastern Fault-Lines as Gen. Raheel Takes Command of the Saudi Led “Muslim NATO”
James M. Dorsey | With no troops to command and a Riyadh-based skeleton staff, General Raheel Sharif, Pakistan’s recently retired top commander, appeared to slide...
US and Russian War Against ISIS in Middle East Threatens Turkish and Saudi Fault-Lines
James M. Dorsey | US President Donald J. Trump’s vow to defeat what he terms radical Islamic terrorism forces the United States to maneuver the...
Protests on Soccer Fields: Another Regional Game to Weaken Iran?
Dr. James Dorsey | Thousands of Iranian Arabs last week attended an AFC Champions League soccer match between Esteghlal Ahvaz FC and Qatar’s Lekhwiya SC...
Prospects of China’s mediation with Saudi Arabia and Iran; Where Pakistan fits in?
James M. Dorsey | This week’s sanctioning of one of China’s largest telecom equipment manufacturers, ZTE, by the US Commerce Department, and an investigation of Huawei, ZTE’s...
CPEC Projects are moving ahead of time, Chinese Ambassador
Projects related to the China-Pakistan Economic corridor (CPEC) are moving ahead of time and are expected to be completed before time. Sun Weidong, China’s...
ECO members pledge to counter regional challenges
The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) summit which took place in Islamabad on Wednesday 1st of March, collectively discussed the challenges of terrorism and drug...
The importance of ECO summit for Pakistan
Today was the first anniversary of Mumtaz Qadri, the government announced a public holiday for the Twin cities – Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Wednesday,...
Pakistani origin Mayor displays what’s best about his city, London
Alishba Rasheed| London “President Trump cannot silence me!” These were the remarkable opening words of the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, at the screening of...
How Tehran is using Red Sea naval bases to encircle Saudi Arabia
Naveed Ahmad| Iran has come out with blazing guns, laying bare its grand strategy, step by step, to the world. Extending the frontier of the...
Can ISIS be stopped from expanding into Asia?
Naveed Ahmed | Quietly but surely, the Islamic State group (IS, formerly known as ISIS) is benefitting from the failures of al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Roughly...
Will Iranian posturing through ballistic tests threaten an arms race in Middle East?
Iran’s attempt to solidify its defensive fence by testing ballistic missiles and conducting military exercises alarmed its Gulf neighbors, Israel and United States. The...
Iran allows women spectators to watch “Men Sporting events”
Dr. James Dorsey Iran, bowing to external pressure, has allowed women spectators to attend a premier international men’s volleyball tournament on the island of Kish....