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Saudi-Israel Rapprochement Reflects Complex Geopolitics

“There is a rapprochement [between Saudi Arabia and Israel] underway”, announced President Joe Biden in July. If the Biden administration can find a way for Saudi Arabia and Israel to develop relations officially, this will be a significant diplomatic breakthrough. Indeed, successive US presidents have tried – and failed – in ‘normalising’ the Middle East. The Trump administration, however, found an exceptional success when it got the UAE and Israel (and a couple of other Arab states) to sign The Abraham Accords in 2020. Ever since then, the US has been trying to expand the accords by including Saudi Arabia, which is arguably the most important Muslim…

Salman Rafi Sheikh

What was the obvious and not-so-obvious significance of the Pope’s visit to Mongolia?

The Pope’s journey to Mongolia concluded on September 4. This was a spiritual as well as a state visit, and the Pope was not only visiting Mongolia as the head of the Catholic Church. In addition to preaching, inaugurating a Charity House, and meeting with members of the Catholic community, Francis met with Mongolian dignitaries, including the President of Mongolia, Prime Minister, and Speaker of Parliament. Despite a pretty unusual agenda and expectations of equally unusual remarks and outcomes from this journey…

Boris Kushhov

On Kim Jong-un’s visit to Russia. Part One: A synopsis of the summit

Kim Jong-un’s visit to Russia is still ongoing as the author is writing these lines, yet the audience urges him (the author, not Kim) not to put off dissecting the event’s most important moments and results. The visit of the DPRK leader to the Russian Federation will therefore be covered in several parts. He (still the author) will need to discuss the misleading news that circulated prior to the visit and how it was received in South Korea, at the very least. He will also go into more detail on what was planned for the visit and what, contrary to expectations, most likely wasn’t…

Konstantin Asmolov

On the “transit” of the vice president of Taiwan through the US to Paraguay

Vladimir Terehov

Iraq’s Budget - A Bridge to a Prosperous Future

Viktor Mikhin

Saudi Arabia, a new format international mediator

Madi Khalis Maalouf

India’s success at the G20 summit

Anvar Azimov

Violence against South Korean school teachers is a widespread issue

Konstantin Asmolov

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