Op-ed

Ibrahim Fallahi Since early Monday, the announcement of a “price war” between Saudi Arabia and Russia, two biggest OPEC+ allies, hit the headlines of almost all of the world’s news agencies and outlets and released a wave of panic across the markets all around the world. Following the …

Emil Avdilyani When the Ukraine crisis broke out in 2014, political analysts pointed out, quite rightly, that Russia without Ukraine would become more Asian. With the country’s borders now more in Asia than in Europe, Moscow would inescapably focus more on the Middle East and China. The latter …

Arif Bijan Syrian troops have launched major attacks to clear Idlib province. The attacks targeted more than 30 Turkish troops, two Syrian military aircraft. About 19 Syrian soldiers, some Liwa Zainebiyoun, Fatemiyoun and Hezbollah forces were also killed In the Turkish UAV attacks. In the meantime, the reasons …

Giancarlo Elia Valori The economic data linked to the mass infection by Covid-19 is already very alarming. The Italian public health system, along with many other primary sectors of public spending, has already bore the brunt of budgetary restrictions. Currently, the deficit we record in relation to the …

Sajad Abedi Considering the weapons and skills of the Central Asian armies that have weapons and skills of the former Soviet Union, the forces of these countries are likely to face more severe insurgent resistance. It should be kept in mind that they cannot provoke all people. At …

Farzad Ramezani Bonesh Senior Researcher and Analyst of International Affairs Past relations between the two nations: Qatar is a country located in the southwest of Asia, in the east of the Arabian Peninsula and southern part of the Persian Gulf. Qatar is in fact a small peninsula surrounded …

Giancarlo Elia Valori The economic data linked to the mass infection by Covid-19 is already very alarming. The Italian public health system, along with many other primary sectors of public spending, has already bore the brunt of budgetary restrictions. Currently, the deficit we record in relation to the …

Arlene J. Schar and Dr. David Leffler* We are living in times where people throughout the world are divided. And yet, regardless of political persuasion, there are certain points of agreement: corruption in many governments has reached unprecedented levels; ethics and integrity have given way to deal-making and …

Eric Zuesse    On February 26th, Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s President, told his Islamist political party that Idlib, which is the most heavily jihadist of all of Syria’s provinces and the province where Syria had been sending jihadists who had been defeated but not killed by the Syrian army …