[escenic_image id="5524612"]The March 2010 elections in Iraq will mark the second parliamentary election held in the republic’s history, and will…

[escenic_image id="5524661"]Ammar Al-Hakim stresses that Iraq enjoys a balanced relationship with the country's neighbours, including Iran. He voices…

[escenic_image id="5522871"]On a recent Saturday night in Baghdad, four workers for a newly formed Iraqi political party, known as Ahrar, tried to…

[escenic_image id="5524574"]Turkey’s negotiations to join the European Union may have faltered of late, but, in a little-noticed turnaround, it is…

[escenic_image id="5522499"] ISTANBUL: With the confrontation between Iran and the US heating up, Glyn Davies enjoys front-row involvement in often…

Taking a quick look at a map of Pakistan one can easily grasp that the Balochistan province, one of the four that constitute Pakistan, is almost half…

[escenic_image id="5519557"]The Dubai World debt rescheduling certainly provided dramatic effect for newspapers and media outlets around the world. …

[escenic_image id="5519560"]As coincidental as it may seem, Masoud Barzani the President of Iraqi Kurdistan, was born on 16 August 1946, the day the…

[escenic_image id="5520975"]Professor Eugene Rogan is a University Lecturer in the modern history of the Middle East and a fellow at St. Antony’s…

[escenic_image id="5520896"]‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the…