Global Geo-political Series: End of NATO begins
Jun 12, 2017 08:11 am UTC| Commentary
The best days for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are of the past of the beginning of its end has already begun and for that, the credit largely goes to President Trump of the United States and the European...
Fallout from Iran attacks spells trouble to come in wider Middle East
Jun 09, 2017 19:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views
A week after Donald Trump stirred up tensions in the Middle East with his visit to Saudi Arabia, and just after Qatar was ostracised by several other countries for its supposed links to terrorism, a brace of terror attacks...
Global Geo-political Series: Trump offers to mediate for solution in call to Qatar’s emir
Jun 08, 2017 09:06 am UTC| Commentary
The US President Donald Trump, who called for unity in the Gulf but sided with Saudi Arabia in his tweets has called the Emir of Qatar and has offered to mediate for a diplomatic solution to resolve the ongoing issue. A...
Global Geo-political Series: Turkish parliament approves troop deployment in Qatari base
Jun 08, 2017 08:43 am UTC| Commentary
Turkeys parliament has approved a legislation that would allow the country, which is an ally of Qatar, to deploy its troops to a Turkish military base in Qatar. The bill, which was first drafted in May has passed with 240...
Jun 08, 2017 08:19 am UTC| Commentary
North Korea has once again defied global pressure including those from the United States as well as its closest ally China and fired several unknown ground-based projectiles which are likely to surface to ship cruise...
Global Geo-political Series: Saudi Arabia reportedly given Qatar 24-hour ultimatum
Jun 07, 2017 08:17 am UTC| Commentary
There is a report circulating in the media since yesterday that Saudi Arabia has given Qatar, which is at the center of recent brawl in the Middle East a 24-hour deadline to meet 10 conditions, which includes putting an...
Jun 07, 2017 08:00 am UTC| Commentary
The US President Donald Trump has called for Unity in the Gulf, while siding with Saudi Arabia in the recent conflict that erupted this week as five countries, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, and the...
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