[escenic_image id="5510475"] Avi Shlaim Penguin November 2008 In Lion of Jordan, the Iraqi-born historian Avi Shlaim tracks the life of King…

[escenic_image id="5510636"]For Gulf Arabs, the entry of their centuries-old Persian rival into the elite club of nuclear-armed states would be a…

[escenic_image id="5510567"]Discussion of Pakistan’s ability to fight the Taliban successfully has centred on the question of military or civilian…

Pakistan's tribal region and major cities witnessed a violent series of bloody events last October. These events coincided with the announcement that…

Indeed, there is a third party which had not been able to take control of the central authority in Pakistan. But this third party remains an…

In major western research institutions, many of those who track the situation in Pakistan believe that this country is doomed to fall sooner or later…

[escenic_image id="5510597"] Majalla - After the June elections in Iran, was there any real chance of the Islamic republic ending in a wave of…

[escenic_image id="5510631"]Vagueness and political shrewdness are the qualities that characterize best Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan's…

[escenic_image id="5510565"] BRICs as the Emerging (Decoupled) Leaders Prior to the global financial crisis, there was a virulent debate over the…

I would be exaggerating if I said that Gaza has not enjoyed a moment of internal security and stability better than what it is experiencing right now…