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China faces pressure to move beyond economic diplomacy and become Iran’s key security partner as regional instability grows.

The past two months have witnessed a remarkable spike in warfare involving nuclear powers. From May 7 to May 10, India and ...

Saudi Arabia and the UAE have emerged as central components in the Trump administration’s AI strategy. But interdependence ...

President Donald Trump has hosted Bahrain's crown prince and Qatar's prime minister at the White House. The meetings focused on strengthening diplomatic and economic ties with the Persian Gulf ...

The outbreak of direct hostilities between Israel and Iran in June represents one of the most significant geopolitical escalations in the Middle East in ...

An Abraham Accords-centric approach tailors the Cold War-era “containment” strategy that George F. Kennan formulated to the Middle East, with Iran standing in for the Soviet Union.

Iran is accelerating negotiations with China to acquire Chengdu J-10C multirole fighter jets. This move follows the collapse ...

The West Asian strategic landscape, for generations, meant a balance-of-power game between affluent Gulf states, ...

The recent conflict began on June 13 when Israeli airstrikes targeting nuclear sites and military sites killed top army ...

Iran will react to any reimposition of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear programme, the country's foreign ministry ...

The 2020 agreements addressed diplomacy and commerce, not conflicts or the Palestinians. Predictions that the deals would ...