Middle East

Prof. Louis René Beres “Deterrence is not just a matter of military capabilities. It has a great deal to do with perceptions of credibility.”-Herman Kahn, Thinking About the Unthinkable (1962) After its “Operation Roaring Lion” and America’s coinciding “Operation Epic Fury,” Israel’s presumptive nuclear weapons remain essential to …

Technology stocks led a broad market rally across China and Hong Kong on Tuesday as investors poured into artificial intelligence related companies despite continuing uncertainty surrounding developments in the Middle East. The strongest gains came from major technology firms including Tencent and Meituan, helping push Hong Kong’s technology …

Sachin Yadav The past three decades have seen the phenomenon of globalization based on a very basic concept: producing where costs are minimum and marketing anywhere where demand is present. The result has been the formation of very efficient global production chains throughout the world. From 1995 to …

Hadi Elis Since his election as prime minister in 2002, Recep Tayyip Erdogan — now president of Turkey — has worked relentlessly to expand the role of Islam in every corner of political life. What Western observers once called a drift toward Islamic conservatism has become a systematic …

Dimitra Staikou From the glitzy announcement of Vision 2030 in 2016 to the cascade of regional crises between 2023 and 2026, Saudi Arabia has worked hard to sell itself as the Arab world’s great success story. A kingdom moving beyond oil dependence and religious conservatism to become a …

Across South Asia, concerns over press freedom, political influence, and media credibility are drawing increasing international scrutiny. From Bangladesh and Pakistan to India, journalists and independent media organisations face mounting political, economic, and legal pressures that are reshaping how information is produced and consumed. Recent international assessments point …

Sana Khan South Asia’s geopolitical landscape is increasingly shaped not only by shifting alliances, but by an intensifying struggle over narrative power who gets to define influence, leadership, and diplomatic success in the international system. India has spent the past decade projecting itself as an emerging global power, …

Dr. Mustafa Al-Tal The fear that your country’s geography might become obsolete – in the third installment of the “Engineering Fear” series, we move from the Strait of Hormuz and the streets of Amman to the Eastern Mediterranean, asking: Are corridors and legislation becoming deadlier than missiles?   …

Shehab Al-Makahleh In a region where alliances shift like desert sands and crises erupt with the force of a sudden sandstorm, the role of Jordan is too often underestimated, misunderstood, or worse—taken for granted—despite the fact that, time and again, it has proven to be the steady hand on …