Turkey’s Rapprochement Measures
After last month’s failed coup, last week Turkish government hosted Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif just days after President’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s historic trip to Russia during which he publicly made up with Vladimir Putin after the shooting down of…
Prospects of China-South Asia Economic engagement under OBOR
China’s rise and increasing activism in the world during the past two decades has generated an academic analysis of China’s stated goals, plan of actions and future ambitions. Specifically, the announcement of One Belt, One…
NATO's Expansion Debate
Last week Britain, Germany and the United States agreed a plan to deploy four battalions with around 4,000 NATO soldiers in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. After the end of the Cold War, it is NATO’s biggest military buildup in…
China's Economic Engagement in the Middle East
China’s President Xi Jinping last month visited key states of the Middle East. During meeting with King Salman, President Xi agreed on closer strategic cooperation between Riyadh and Beijing. In Cairo, Xi and Egypt’s President signed…
Oil, Economy and Middle East - Asiya Mahar
Friday, January 15, 2016 - Oil has remained a driver of economy, a geo-strategic non-renewable energy resource, and a commodity that even today affects everyone. Economists opine that there has been paradigm shift in oil…
July 14, 2015 marked a historic day that witnessed the signing of a landmark deal to curb Iran's nuclear programme. The breakthrough was reached after 20 months of talks between Tehran and the P5+1 states – U.S., Britain, China, France, Russia and…