Saudi Arabia
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ASIA
The age of petro-Islam
By Azfar Mohammad “One man’s loss is another man’s gain”. There couldn’t be a proverb more apt to describe the crucial…
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INTL CONFLICTS
The Gulf crisis: An Analysis
By Sadia Kazmi The escalation of crisis in the Gulf is not a sudden development but sure is quite rapid. …
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INTL CONFLICTS
Turkey in Trump’s Middle East and a few suggestions
By Damien Dean After it became clear that Donald Trump would take the presidential seat in the United States, countries in…
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ASIA
The paradox of a “Rentier State”
By Azfar Mohammad A topic of widespread global debate and concern today in the intellectual circles around the world focusses…
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ENERGY
Qatar: An ambitious foreign policy?
By Azfar Mohammad The announcement on June 5,2017 by Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates & Bahrain to cut diplomatic ties with…
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MIDDLE EAST
Saudi-Qatar crisis: Is it a conspiracy theory around oil, power or arms?
By Sourajit Aiyer They say money makes the world go round; and nowhere is this more ingrained than in the battles…
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ASIA
What does US-Arab arms deal bring for the region and Pakistan?
By Sadia Kazmi As the US President Donald Trump signs the deal worth US $350bn with the Saudis, the world…
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MIDDLE EAST
President Trump to visit Saudi Arabia
By Abdul Ruff Undoubtedly, US-Arab relations, in particular US-Saudi ties, have been strained badly for quite some time now because…
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AMERICAS
Trump’s shapeless foreign policy
By Abdul Ruff US President Donald Trump is in his initial stage of his presidency, only trying fix his role…
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MIDDLE EAST
Saudi king’s “Clash of Civilizations”, convergence with Indonesia’s hypocrisy and opportunism
By Julia Suryakusuma When my older sister who lives in Germany came to Indonesia recently, we gave her the royal treatment.…
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