Is Misha Saakashvili Planning to Come Back as an NGO?
It is still a question whether Mikheil Saakashvili will agree to voluntarily return to Georgia to face questioning over his role in several cases currently under criminal investigation, including the possible murder of his former Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania in 2005...
What can the pro-Western foreign policy of President H. Rouhani bring?
According to many Western, Russian, Arabic and Iranian analysts, the interim arrangement reached by the group of permanent UN Security Council members and Germany (5 +1 with Iran on its nuclear programme applies not only to...
Pakistan – Saudi Arabia: Strategic Cooperation Part 3
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has denied information about its nuclear cooperation with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA. Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs characterized the story reported by the BBC in November...
Saudi Arabia and Qatar: The Crisis Rages On
The incidents preceding and following the Saudi government’s decision to declare the Muslim Brotherhood a “terrorist” organization are symptomatic of the growing division within the “Sunni” Arab world - a ‘world’ that is pitted against the “Shia” world is...
Arab League Out-of-its-League in Syrian Fiasco
According to conventional wisdom, the UN and regional bodies are supposed to be at the cutting edge of trying to prevent and resolve conflicts. They must be supported to fulfill that role, as when they fail to do so, innocents suffer. All this however assumes that the...
Syria's Victory Is Turning Point For Western Global Hegemony
Since 2011, Syria has been the target of an attempted foreign-backed regime change. Riding on the momentum of the US-engineered "Arab Spring," protesters took to the streets across Syria, serving as cover for armed militants the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia...
China - Vietnam - Japan - South Korea: War of School Textbooks
The recent worsening of territorial disputes between China and Vietnam in the South China Sea and with Japan in the East China Sea, plus Japan and South Korea in the Sea of Japan, has led to a shift in the cultural and ideological sphere of these...
Flight 370, Terrorism Derailed
Some stories never seem to go away and some stories should never go away. When dealing with the mysterious disappearance nearly a month ago of Malaysian Airlines flight 370, the story has expanded due to continuing media lies and quality independent...
Chinese Thinking on Crimea: "Taiwan" or "Tibet?"
China has maintained a very careful and consistent foreign policy of non-interference. It has steadfastly condemned foreign incursions into other nations under any pretext. In recent years, this has been extended to NATO's adventures in Libya and Syria, where...
Pakistan-Saudi Arabia: A Strategic Partnership Part 2
The strengthening of relations between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the defence and security arenas reflects modern political trends in the Middle East at large, on both sides of the Strait of Hormuz. The events of...
The Domino Effect Lives –Turkish Local Elections, Ukraine and Syria
The shooting down of a Syrian plane which had allegedly intruded into Turkish airspace on March 23 came as no bolt from the blue. It has been perceived by many as a distraction cooked up by the embattled Turkish...
NATO Wages Desperate Last Battle in Northern Syria
The small northwestern Syrian town of Kassab, located directly on the Syrian-Turkish border, has turned into a pivotal battleground between Syrian security forces and armed militants backed by the Turkish military. The clashes grabbed headlines last...