Global Policy & Analysis Think Tank
At present, the European Union unilaterally prohibits capital punishment in its member states. This remains the elephant in the room in discussions regarding European nationals who have illegally travelled to Syria and Iraq in order to fight in the ranks of the terror group Daesh (aka ISIS). Now that Daesh […]
Major General Qassem Soleimani, the famed commander of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IGRC), proved that his country is increasingly turning into India’s proxy after he taunted and threatened Pakistan, resulting in the Islamic Republic incredibly taking some of the same positions as its American and “Israeli” enemies (both […]
Many have dismissed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s Asia tour to Pakistan, India, and China as nothing more than a post-Khashoggi photo-op to shore up international support, but it’s actually about much more than that because of its religious, economic, and geopolitical dimensions. There’s little doubt that Saudi Crown […]
One of the latest American scandals revolves around former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s alleged breach of ethical norms in trying to secretly push through a nuclear energy deal with the Saudis which might have even been illegal if he tried to circumvent the so-called “123 agreement”, though his partnered […]
For nearly six years, the Belt and Road initiative has been among the most discussed multilateral projects in the world, but in spite of this, there remain some fundamental misunderstandings about just what Belt and Road is. The following questions tend to be the most common when discussing Belt and […]
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have always had a close relationship, but recent years have challenged this both in a material sense and in terms of perception. As Saudi Arabia continued to grow more cash rich over the decades, some in Pakistan felt as though Riyadh was taking advantage of the […]
When Donald Trump announced America’s unilateral withdrawal from the 2015 JCPOA (aka Iran nuclear deal) and the subsequent re-imposition of ‘mega sanctions’ on Iran, the major leaders of Europe were incredibly vocal in their condemnation of Trump’s move. They likewise insisted that Germany, France, Britain and the EU as a […]
With a major US withdrawal from Syria expected sooner rather than later, the pre-existing trend of regional powers guiding, shaping and owning the peace process in the Arab Republic’s conflict is becoming all the more pronounced. The Astana Trio of Turkey, Russia and Iran have long been the major force […]
The fact of the matter is that just as the 20th century arms race between the United States and Soviet Union did not result in the dropping of any nuclear weapons, the effective end of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) signed in 1988 by Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan, will […]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has just overseen the overwhelming passage of the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite, which will establish a fully autonomous Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Duterte staked his leadership on the orderly and effective passage of this popular mandate which looks to end decades of insurgency between the Muslim […]
