Turkey and Egypt feature heavily in US plans for the Middle East and elsewhere. Turkish President Erdogan’s policies with respect to Egypt moved against American interests and hence pressure put on him by the US to reverse his position.
Jerusalem has been the scene of several conflcits between Palestinians, Jewish settlers and Israeli soldiers, especially in the neighbourhoods of Bab al-Amud and Sheikh Jarrah whose residents are being threatened with eviction for the benefit…
The Russo-American New START Treaty on long-range ballistic missiles was signed in 2010 with each side given time to meet its commitments. It expired in 2018 but was extended to 2026 when Biden took office. The…
The memorandum of understanding between China and Iran signed on Saturday 27 March is clearly a continuation of the Go West policy devised by Chinese President Xi Jinping, also known as the Belt and Road…
India’s loyalty gravitated towards America during the time of the BJP government when it came to power in 1998, then fell in 2004, and returned 10 years later in 2014 under the leadership of Modi,…
The killing of Chadian President Idriss Déby forms part of the broader plan by the US to remove European influence from Africa, in this case that of France. Chad is likely to see an intensification of the conflict between the regime forces and the rebel forces, as the two sides are linked to competing foreign powers.
Each country has a domestic political stance and a foreign political stance. Monitoring a state’s domestic and foreign policy in light of the international situation helps us perceive whether the state is either affiliated to…
Apart from Britain, who is proceeding in the American orbit, Russia and the rest of the major powers do not dispute America’s leadership of the world, but rather seek strategic and security survival in their…
On September 2, 2020, Turkey announced two new naval warnings in the eastern Mediterranean for Russia to conduct live ammunition exercises in the gas exploration area, and the first date was set between September 8-2022…
On Tuesday 18 August 2020, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon found one single defendant guilty of assassinating former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri in February 2005. Lebanese president Michel Aoun called for “accepting the verdict…