Concerns about the Uyghur file, investment risks, and other issues are still constraining the relationship to a certain extent, but fortifying those restraints will require Washington to exert further leverage on several fronts. The gradual upsurge in both high-level Turkish visits to China and Chinese investments in Turkey points to a potential deepening of their bilateral relations. What is driving […]

The Trump administration is reportedly considering whether to seize additional tankers carrying sanctioned Iranian oil. This comes on the heels of the Indian Coast Guard’s first-ever seizure of “shadow fleet” vessels carrying Iranian oil on February 6. Indian authorities identified the three tankers — the Al Jafzia, Asphalt Star, and Stellar Ruby — as part of a smuggling ring that […]

La situation en Iran, suite aux troubles sociaux qui secouent le pays depuis la fin de l’année dernière, et la réponse de Washington, marquée par des menaces d’intervention, fascinent les responsables politiques et les médias du Moyen-Orient. Des auteurs arabes analysent le style du président américainDes commentateurs locaux analysent les scénarios probables de tensions entre les deux pays et leurs […]

Arne Schimmer : Début 2026, le monde semble en proie aux flammes, à en juger par le Venezuela, le Groenland et l’Iran. Existe-t-il un lien entre tous ces foyers de tension, et comment expliquer cela ? Robert Steuckers : Le lien entre toutes ces zones de turbulence réside, bien sûr, dans le fait que l’hégémonie du monde unipolaire post-guerre froide […]

Le « Conseil de paix » sanctionné par les États-Unis impose un protectorat colonial à Gaza. Il s’agit du dernier épisode en date de la « doctrine du choc » : les États-Unis et Israël tentent de façonner à leur convenance ce qui reste de la société palestinienne à Gaza après le génocide. Le comité de technocrates palestiniens chargé de […]

Is the new Turkish-Saudi-Pakistani defense pact an attempt at an Islamic NATO or a strategic self-sabotage? The idea of a budding “Islamic NATO” under Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia might seem bold and fresh in a period of Middle Eastern “realignment.” But don’t dismiss it out of hand as the emergence of a symbolic new regional alliance: the trilateral convergence […]

Both want to “save face” after Israel’s attack on Qatar and remind fellow Muslims about the importance of more intra-Ummah military-technical cooperation, not set the stage for an Israeli-Pakistani nuclear standoff or Saudi Arabia imposing an oil embargo on India like some suspect. Saudi Arabia and Pakistan just signed a “Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement” (SMDA). According to their joint statement, […]

Islamic Nato in the making? Turkey is seeking to join a defence alliance between nuclear-armed Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, this can be seen as an effort in direction to reshape security alignments in the Middle East region and beyond, as Bloomberg reported.The pact, initially signed by Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in September, reportedly states that “any aggression” against one member […]

Decades of covert ops have led to this tense moment in the Islamic Republic. If the regime is toppled, India will be strategically strained on more than one front What began as protests against soaring inflation and currency collapse across Iranian cities on December 28 quickly evolved into broader political demands, including calls for reform and, in some quarters, regime […]

Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan has been rocked by a spate of deadly attacks targeting security forces in recent months. The attacks have been claimed by Jaish al-Adl, a Baluch separatist militant group that is believed to be operating out of neighboring Pakistan. On April 3, over a dozen militants attacked military and police installations in two separate cities in […]