Geopolitics… Erdogan’s Idlib misadventure: Reality checks and hard lessons for Turkey 3 Apr 20204 Apr 2020 Posted originally to MintPress News on 3 April 2020. Even when viewed through the prism of Turkish interests, President Tayyib Erdogan’s escalatory actions in Syria’s Idlib governorate constitute now plainly…
#Zionism… How Iran’s statement on Delhi’s anti-Muslim violence sells Iran short 27 Mar 2020 Posted originally to Express Tribune Blogs on 25 March 2020. At the expense of sounding morbid, one can say India’s state-abetted anti-Muslim pogrom in New Delhi earlier this month presented an opportunity…
Af-Pak… Is Pakistan’s US-Centrism Ceding Regional Strategic & Economic Power To India? 13 Mar 202024 Mar 2020 Posted originally to OneWorld on 13 March 2020. The present Pakistani government’s attempts to jockey the US for support have been met with constant affirmation of the Indo-US alliance. The…
#Zionism… The New Contours of the Power Struggle for Syria’s Future – Three Part Series for MintPress News 3 Mar 202013 Mar 2020 Part one: Wealthy Gulf States Plan Big To Coax Syria Away from Iran Part two: Russia and Iran's Clashing Views for Syria's Future Part three: How a Subtle Turkey-Iran Entente…
#Zionism… Israel-GCC ties and the bizarre future of Hasbara 24 Feb 202025 Feb 2020 Posted originally to Express Tribune blogs on 24 February 2020. Hasbara is the Hebrew word for Israeli state propaganda and it has always been a top-heavy affair, relying less on…
#Zionism… Pakistan: A candidate for supporting the ‘Deal of the Century’? 27 Jan 202010 Feb 2020 Posted originally to Express Tribune Blogs on 27 January 2019. While difficult to predict how Pakistan would react, the scenario where it is deemed suitable by the makers of the…
#Zionism… Emerging Turko-Israeli Rift Helps Turkey-Iran Entente 23 Jan 202027 Jan 2020 Posted originally to Islamabad Policy Institute on 23 January 2020. Israel has long possessed a capacity to force, whether by design or by consequence, the upending of regional alignment dynamics…
#Zionism… Rapid GCC requests for US-Iran de-escalation recall who really wants the war 17 Jan 202023 Jan 2020 Posted originally to Express Tribune blogs on 17 January 2020. The Gulf Arabs’ urgent engagement with the US to urge de-escalation with Iran from the current crescendo reached after the…
#Zionism… Pakistan & the Kuala Lumpur Summit 2019 14 Dec 201928 Mar 2020 Co-authored with Mobeen Jafar Mir for Islamabad Policy Institute (IPI) on 13 December 2019. The upcoming ‘Kuala Lumpur Summit 2019’ going to be held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre…
Geopolitics… Awkward spat with WWE epitomizes bin Salman as a leader 5 Nov 201915 Nov 2019 Posted originally to Express Tribune Blogs on 5 November 2019. In recent news, the famous American World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is in a spat with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin…
