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Initiative eyes partnerships with UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait for a regional alliance to counter the ...

This article is authored by Pravesh Kumar Gupta, associate fellow (Eurasia), Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi.

The West Asian strategic landscape, for generations, meant a balance-of-power game between affluent Gulf states, ...

The MENA Energy Recap is a quarterly review of key energy developments that took place in the region from April through June of 2025 and what they signal in the months ahead. The Recap views these ...

For much of the modern era, the Middle East has occupied centre stage in global geopolitics, owing to its strategic geography ...

The 12-day conflict was marked by a flurry of propaganda, disinformation and covert operations aided by artificial intelligence and spread by social media.

The recent strikes could convince Iran and other states that building nuclear weapons is the only way to prevent such attacks ...

An Abraham Accords-centric approach tailors the Cold War-era “containment” strategy that George F. Kennan formulated to the Middle East, with Iran standing in for the Soviet Union.

MOHAMMAD AYATOLLAHI TABAAR is a Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, Associate Professor of International Affairs at Texas A ...

If there is concern about nuclear weapons, attention must also be directed at Israel, whose actions in Gaza have been labelled genocidal.This aggression undermines international norms and threatens ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has defined his rule and Iran’s place in the world through his hostility to Israel and the US. Last ...