U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has asked Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to use Beijing’s influence on Iran to push it to stop the Houthis in Yemen from attacking Red Sea trade routes. The appeal came during two days of meetings in Bangkok between the pair, according to a senior Biden administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity […]

The presidents of Turkey and Iran emphasized the need for practical and constructive interaction with the Afghan officials and the establishment of an all-inclusive government. Following a meeting Thursday between the two leaders, in Turkey, a joint statement was issued. Both presidents condemned Israel’s war against Gaza and called for an immediate end to the attacks and for the lifting […]

Iran and Pakistan have agreed to resume full diplomatic relations after the settlement of a squabble over the recent reciprocal attacks on the border areas. The foreign ministries of Iran and Pakistan issued a joint statement on Monday, signaling thaw in the recently strained relations between the two Muslim neighbors. According to the statement, the two countries have agreed, upon […]

If Foreign Minister Abdollahian can at least convince his hosts to seriously explore creating a joint security mechanism as the first step towards restoring mutual trust with a view towards eventually benefiting from the North-South Transport Corridor, then his trip could help alleviate the broader regional security dilemma. Pakistan announced on Monday that Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian will […]

Après l’Ukraine, les «sept fronts» d’Israël (Gallant dixit, ministre de la défense) ont atteint de nouveaux sommets lorsque les Gardiens de la révolution islamique d’Iran (CGRI) ont lancé de manière inattendue des missiles balistiques de représailles sur des cibles situées dans la capitale provinciale kurde d’Erbil, dans le nord de l’Irak, où le centre d’espionnage offshore du Mossad israélien a […]

Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan are preparing for a meeting on Afghanistan, which could take place by the end of this month, Russia’s presidential envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, told TASS. “The meeting is being prepared. It will take place,” he said. Kabulov remarked, “there is hope” that the event might take place before the end of January. No details […]

Interview with Hai Phong Haifog: I’m glad to have you here because there’s a lot of economic novelties. But your specialty is to highlight, and this channel is trying to highlight, the relationship between geopolitics and the economy, such as Radhika [Desai, and Ben Norton, and other great journalists have tried to do so.The defeat in Ukraine Let us talk […]

In many ways, Qatar is completely misunderstood. No wonder – Qatar plays in the playgrounds of the empires, while in itself it is hardly more than a gas-providing emirate. Qatar hosts world sports events like F1, football world cup and intends to hosts the Olympic games, yet has less sports pedigree than any other host ever before. Qatar has more […]

Observers might expect that the exacerbation of long-running Iranian-Pakistani tensions would be against Islamabad’s interests, just like they might think the same about closer Indian-Iranian relations in the aftermath of this unprecedented tit-for-tat against designated terrorists in Balochistan. In reality, the Pakistani Establishment – which refers to the country’s powerful military-intelligence structures that call the shots behind the scenes – […]

Pakistan launched airstrikes against alleged militant hideouts inside Iran on Thursday, killing at least nine people as it retaliated for a similar attack days earlier by Iran and raising tensions with its neighbor as conflict across the region escalates. The unprecedented attacks by both Pakistan and Iran on either side of their border appeared to target Baluch militant groups with […]