[escenic_image id="5510772"] The Majalla: What are the most serious challenges Yemen face and will face in the future? There are long and short-term problems. In the long term, I think the economy…

[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 strategic development of ruinous proportions. It…

[escenic_image id="5510567"]Discussion of Pakistan’s ability to fight the Taliban successfully has centred on the question of military or civilian government, and which is better for this purpose…

Pakistan's tribal region and major cities witnessed a violent series of bloody events last October. These events coincided with the announcement that the Pakistani army is to begin extensive military…

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 important component of the political elite through its…

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. Naturally, the evidence they present is…

[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 democratic protest, or was this simply the wishful…

[escenic_image id="5510631"]Vagueness and political shrewdness are the qualities that characterize best Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan's presidential candidate. He has so far concealed his real…

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, under the rule of the Islamic Resistance…

Although 27 months in the lifespan of most states or governments do not mean much, this is not the case for the Islamic resistance movement’s (Hamas) rule of Gaza Strip, since its famous coup against…