The Middle East: It will only get worse
James M. Dorsey | As Saudi Arabia reels from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s frontal assault on the kingdom’s elite, indications are that the Saudi-Iranian proxy...
Philippines and US’s first time meeting: Reality and expectations
Jumel G. Estrañero | The first time is always the first time and this week, a political first time meet-up will be witnessed in the...
Use ZINC to get yourself in sync!
Lubna Khan | With these beautiful seasonal changes, a lot of us have started to feel under the weather, here is something that can definitely...
Maryam Nawaz has read ‘Volume X’ – Why hasn’t Imran Khan?
Shiffa Yousafzai | With the news of new secret documents that International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has just released, I am reminded of a recent...
Will US succeed in creating rifts between Iran & Iraq?
M K Bhadrakumar| The US project to create a rift between Iraq and Iran backfired just a couple of days of its launch from Riyadh...
The Wild Week In Mideast Geopolitics
Andrew Korybko | This past week was geopolitically very eventful for the Mideast, even by the region's dynamic standards, which shows that a new international...
US regime-change operations are a reality!
Jacob G. Hornberger | With the National Archives’ impending October 26 release of JFK-assassination records that the CIA has succeeded in keeping secret for more...
Hybrid warfare against corruption
Ikram Sehgal | Anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) in line with Pakistan's action plan agreed with Financial Action Task Force (FATF),...
Israel and al-Qaeda open up new front in Golan Heights to avenge Syria’s gains in Deir ez-Zor
Adam Garrie | Syria’s total liberation of Deir ez-Zor city has been a short-lived victory as Israel and al-Qaeda opened up a new front in blitzkrieg-like...
Why Washington failed to bring peace in Afghanistan?
Ishaq Ali | Afghanistan has seen one of its worse bloody days in the previous week where more than 220 personnel of security forces and...
Iran’s snub to US has meaning for India
M K Bhadrakumar | Only Tehran could have punctured US President Donald Trump’s massive ego with just a delicate deflection by the wrist. It all...
Can football help end Gulf crisis?
James M. Dorsey | A target of massive Saudi investment, the Maldives severed diplomatic relations with Qatar hours after a Saudi-UAE-led alliance of largely financially...