Tag: Qatar crisis
US Senate resolution potentially changes Middle East dynamics – James M....
James M. Dorsey | A draft US Senate resolution effectively portraying Saudi policy as detrimental to US interests and values and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as “complicit” in the...
Tehran takes exceptions to new sanctions
News Analysis | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has vowed to end his country's isolation in his second term. He was sworn in today just a...
The Gulf crisis: Fake news shines spotlight on psychological warfare
James M. Dorsey | Revelations about two incidents of Gulf-related fake news shine a spotlight on a long-standing psychological war between the UAE and Qatar...
Is social media’s rise making the state surrender space?
Qamar Cheema | In this age of complex interdependence, the world is facing power transition and power diffusion. Erosion of power, new patterns of governance,...
Gulf crisis: A new tale or a recap of the Southeast...
James M. Dorsey | Two competing visions of ensuring regime survival are battling it out in the Gulf. To Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates,...
Gulf crisis and new alliances: Where does Pakistan stand?
News Analysis | Bahrain has ordered Qatari troops serving with a coalition fighting the Islamic State group to leave its territory. It comes after Bahrain...
The “either with us or against us” statement is back to...
Amid a potentially incendiary Qatar crisis, Pakistan's position and foreign policy choices are likely to be affected. Saudi Arabia has asked Pakistan to take...
Saudi Arabia or Qatar: Pakistan’s search for neutrality in the Gulf...
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The fact that Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was accompanied by the army chief General Qamar Bajwa on the visit to...
Diplomatic breakdown in the Gulf: Is Trump the only one to...
Nasir Azeem | The diplomatic and political rifts between the Arab nations is nothing new. The Gulf States have been fighting over a variety of...
Added conflicts and proxies: Redefining the Middle Eastern alliances
Samson Simon Sharif | For over the past hundred years, West Asia has been the theater of conflicts and proxies. Most countries in the conflict...
The Middle East conundrum: What is the safe passage for Pakistan?
Ghulam Mustafa | Mired in its Afghan Policy quagmire, reeling from Trump led Saudi Arabian stunning uppercut and Panama JIT, Pakistan appears to have been...
