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The Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, armed conflict in Gaza, skirmishes in South Lebanon and a war that refuses to end, Iran and its proxies are working tirelessly to strike at the heart of American and Israeli interests, from lethal attacks on US forces in Jordan to precision strikes at Israel the goal is clear, the complete expulsion of American influence from the Middle East. Some lawmakers in the West are now looking for chinks in the armour to strike back. However, Iran has

Afghanistan's rulers say their border with Pakistan doesn't exist. They call the current demarcation imaginary. One senior Taliban Minister even claimed that Afghan territory extends as far as the Attock bridge, deep inside Pakistan. That's not isolated rhetoric. It echoes a broader sentiment within the Taliban government, where many see the border as an illegitimate colonial line drawn more than a century ago. The recent clashes along the border prove the point. After months

Emirates was never built for war. Its entire social contract is to sell certainty in an uncertain region. And nowhere is that more true than in Dubai. That's what turned it into one of the world's fastest growing hubs for finance, trade and tourism. Dubai alone is home to more than 81,000 millionaires, a number that's been growing fast, but missiles and drones flying about is bad for marketing, and Dubai's credibility is now being tested in a place like this that matters perh

As Russian troops gathered force,The French President Emmanuel Macron made a case for de- escalation, but at stake was not only peace, but a distinctly French vision for a new global order. For years, Paris has sought to integrate Russia into the European fold, allowing the continent to achieve strategic autonomy. Leveraging Russia's natural resources and hard power would allow Europe to decouple from American influence. In turn, this would forestall a Russian Chinese block f

Iran is going through sporadic nationwide unrest. Many led by young woman burning their headscarves and cutting their hair to protest the...

What could possibly justify invading a sovereign independent state like Ukraine? The only way to answer this is by looking at things from...

In pursuit of renewable hydro-power, China has constructed more than 87,000 dams at a rate unmatched in human history. Collectively, they...

In recent years, the government in Beijing has taken an offensive attitude in regard to the territorial claims in Asia. China has...

As a nation in the center of the European continent, Germany and its immediate surrounding the densest concentration of wealth in the...

As a significant power in East Asia, Japan has long struggled to find its place in the region in the previous century alone have the...

Since its inception, Pakistan has been a vulnerable state hedged between a hostile India and a hostile Afghanistan. But in the 1990s...

History is full of recordings of conflicts while peace is considered poor reading. The European Union, since its inception, has...

Diplomacy in Djibouti is all about the art of the possible the attainable and when all else fails , the art of the next best thing .South...

Climate Change is expected to displace millions by mid-century . As families flee water scarcity , crop failure and rising sea levels the...

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As Napoleon once said "To know a Nations Geography is to Know its foreign Policy" . Five years after penning the most expensive submarine...

Cynicism runs deep in the Middle-East and mistrust has shaped much of the bonds between societies.The lack of interstate trade and...

Predictions of a grim future has been a common practice throughout history. India and china have been fighting over influence in Asia ,...