Key Points:  In early January, Iranian military general Qasem Soleimani was assassinated by an American drone strike in Iraq. The killing of Soleimani has brought the relations between Iran and…

The Arabian Peninsula is going through a chaotic transition since the American invasion of Iraq. During the last two decades, the strategic culture of the Middle East witnessed twofold transition….

Pakistan has always been left with tough choices in its longstanding bilateral relations of shared ambitions and mutual interests; such is the case of its relation with the two Middle…

The saying ‘subduing the enemy without fighting’ appears profoundly convincing when it comes to China’s policy towards the Middle East. The oscillation of China’s diplomatic pendulum among Saudi Arabia, UAE,…

Strategic relations between the United States (US) and Israel have been predicted from the initial days of discussions regarding creation of a Jewish state in the Middle East. The partnership…

When Doha hosted the first meeting of the Libya Contact Group (LCG) in April 2011, the then British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs William Hague, co-chairing the…

After weeks of protest, Algeria’s octogenarian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika finally resigned on April 2nd. His departure from Algeria’s political landscape has opened up debates about the future trajectory the North…

‘I will continue to condemn the BDS movement’, Justin Trudeau said during a session in town hall in St. Catharines on 16th January. As one of the world’s most influential…

In its peak days, Islamic State (IS) controlled two-thirds of Iraq and one-third of Syria. It had an annual turnover of $2 billion. Three years of military measures by Iraqi…

International relations are not as simple as it may seem, they require an in-depth understanding and the art of dealing with other nations. Particularly, techniques of lobbying and pressure tactics…