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Nageen Ashraf Syrian war is one of the most devastating crises of the world right now, which has been going on since 2011 and has taken lives of thousands of innocents. What makes it more dangerous is that no efforts have been successful in mediating the conflict between …

Emil Avdaliani Beijing and Tehran are preparing a whopping 25-year economic and security deal according to which China would invest up to $400 billion in Iran. We need not go into details on the proposed agreement as it has already been discussed at length, but it is worthwhile …

Giancarlo Elia Valori General Haftar has already responded to Turkey’s moves in Libya – all strongly supporting al-Sarraj’s government – with various actions: on April 27, General Haftar declared the “Libyan Political Agreement” – drafted in December 2015 and later re-submitted by the UN envoy for Lybia, Ghassan …

Giancarlo Elia Valori     The powerful deflagration that destroyed the port and part of the city of Beirut on August 5, at 6 p.m. – with an unspecified toll of at least over 150 dead, 4,000 injured and 300,000 people left outside their houses – was generated by the …

Key Point: China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has sought to remedy its lack of actual combat experience by the careful study of military history. China’s military has not had much combat experience in recent decades, and this is recognized among Chinese military leaders as a potentially serious problem. The reasons for …

Dimitri K. Simes and Dov Zakheim debate the Trump presidency.   This November’s election promises to be one of the more contentious presidential races in recent American history. Donald Trump has compiled a controversial record in both domestic and foreign policy, seeking to reorient not only the Republican …

Farzad Ramezani Bonesh Senior Researcher and Analyst of International Affairs The UAE and Israel recently announced the normalization of their relations. According to a joint statement, US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan agreed to normalize …

Giancarlo Elia Valori  Despite everything, Belarus is still the most stable of the former Soviet Union. Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994, has never divided economic power among “oligarchs” – as also happened with Putin – but has transferred the entire State economic apparatus into the …

By Kathryn Shihadah Christian Nationalists and their cousins, Christian Zionists – have made their way into the halls of power, and may be the key to another four-year term for arguably the most catastrophic president in US history. Two thousand years ago, Jesus taught an oppressed, occupied people the …