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Tom Hussain
Tom Hussain is an Islamabad-based journalist who has spent his 35-year career covering South Asia and the Middle East.
Tom Hussain is an Islamabad-based journalist who has spent his 35-year career covering South Asia and the Middle East.
Washington is lifting sanctions and has rebuked Israel for its attacks, as the US throws its weight behind Ahmed al-Sharaa’s administration.
Israel’s ultimatum to Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah by New Year’s Eve is more about political pressure than an invasion plan, analysts say.
A constitutional overhaul that neuters the courts and empowers the generals is seen by many as a naked display of elite self-preservation.
Prolonged proxy warfare could create space for terrorist groups such as Isis-K to regenerate and plot overseas attacks, analysts warn.
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The deal swaps F-35 jets for ‘guardrails’ on Chinese tech in the Gulf, analysts say – with Israel assured its military edge is safe.
With bombs tearing through capitals and leaders trading accusations, South Asia’s nuclear-armed neighbours are again approaching the brink.
It’s all part of the ‘Great Game 2.0’, with Kazakhstan seeing the US as a hedge against China and Russia’s influence, analysts say.
Once censured by the West, Ankara is now the go-to go-between for Washington, Europe and Damascus in a fast-changing region.
Pakistan firmly denies the claim, as analysts fear Trump’s unverified accusations could unleash a chain reaction of nuclear testing.
Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan was outlawed after thousands of its activists tried to besiege the US embassy in Islamabad.
The plan risks prolonging Israeli control and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, analysts warn.
Trump has brought together nations willing to work with Washington to stabilise the Middle East but not tackled the real cause, analysts say.
Though an all-out war between Islamabad and Kabul is unlikely, a diplomatic solution also remains elusive, analysts say.
Variables such as Trump’s mercurial nature and Israeli and Palestinian politics may affect the durability of the ceasefire, analysts warn.
New terms on Israeli control in Gaza risk alienating the very Arab and Muslim nations the pact depends on, analysts warn.
Support for Palestinian statehood has not reached a ‘critical mass’, and Israel is not hindered from waging its ongoing war in Gaza.
Any reactivation of UN sanctions could prompt Iran to scrap inspections of its nuclear facilities and monitoring of its uranium stockpile.
Pakistan has also called for a military alliance of Arab and Islamic states modelled after Nato amid rising regional tensions.
Analysts say their ‘Judeo-Christian values’ rhetoric aims to rally Western opinion, but risks stoking antisemitism and Islamophobia.
A new military coalition is reportedly under discussion at an Arab-Islamic summit in a direct response to Israel’s attack.
A grand economic vision to link India and Israel to Europe is crumbling, a casualty of the carnage in Gaza and shifting US priorities.
Qatar’s prime minister has called for a collective regional response to the strikes that Washington failed to prevent.
What is happening in Gaza is tantamount to ‘the final solution’, an academic says, as Israel also plans to annex most of the West Bank.
Al-Mansour Holdings is looking to tap into six resource-rich sub-Saharan countries for minerals, oil and gas.
The so-called E3 say they would trigger a clause of the 2015 nuclear deal to reimpose sanctions against Iran if it fails to comply.
The Israeli PM’s expansionist rhetoric has shaken the Arab world, with a former top UAE adviser calling him ‘no less dangerous than Hitler’.
The Trump-brokered Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal, which gives the US an interest in the ‘Zangezur Corridor’, shifts regional power dynamics.
A deepening humanitarian crisis and minority grievances complicate Syria’s bid for a centralised state, 14 years after its civil war began.
Europe and the US are recalibrating their security priorities, with renewed respect for Turkey’s strategic importance and defence industry.
