India’s foreign policy is facing one of its more difficult tests as the Middle East conflict continues to widen. The war involving the United States […]
The Sentence Before the Verdict: When Legal Process Becomes Punishment
A legal case is supposed to move towards an answer: guilt or acquittal, conviction or release, liability or vindication. When that movement stretches across years, the process begins to acquire a significance of its own, with hearings becoming milestones, adjournments becoming part of daily life, and detention can continue while the central question remains unresolved. The law may still distinguish between an accused person and a convicted prisoner, but the experience of prolonged confinement can make that distinction increasingly difficult to sustain in practice. The cases of Umar Khalid in India and Imran Khan in Pakistan show two different forms of this problem. Khalid has remained in custody since September 2020 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), accused of…
India’s Gulf Dilemma: Strategic Autonomy in a Shifting Middle East
India’s foreign policy is facing one of its more difficult…
The Sentence Before the Verdict: When Legal Process Becomes Punishment
A legal case is supposed to move towards an answer:…
Beyond the Axis of Resistance: How Regional Actors Are Redefining Power in the Middle East
Six months after the unprecedented escalation in early 2026, the…
Pakistan’s Digital Expansion Has Outrun Its Media Literacy
In Pakistan today, a rumour does not need a newsroom,…
Middle East Outlook Launches First Issue of Fault Lines Magazine
Middle East Outlook (MEO) is pleased to announce the release…
The Sentence Before the Verdict: When Legal Process Becomes Punishment
A legal case is supposed to move towards an answer: guilt or acquittal, conviction or release, liability or vindication. When that movement stretches across years, […]
Beyond the Axis of Resistance: How Regional Actors Are Redefining Power in the Middle East
Six months after the unprecedented escalation in early 2026, the Middle East is navigating a radically altered geopolitical landscape in which traditional alliances are being […]
Pakistan’s Digital Expansion Has Outrun Its Media Literacy
In Pakistan today, a rumour does not need a newsroom, a microphone or even a credible source. All it needs is a smartphone, a provocative […]
Middle East Outlook Launches First Issue of Fault Lines Magazine
Middle East Outlook (MEO) is pleased to announce the release of the inaugural issue of Fault Lines, a new research-oriented e-magazine dedicated to exploring the […]
FAULT LINES: Issue No. 01, September, 2026
Publication Details Issue No. : 01Date: September 2026Publisher: Middle East OutlookEditor: Dr. PremAnand MishraCompiled & Designed by: Adnan Khan, Deepti & T. AishwaryaFile Format: PDF […]
The Shifting Gulf Security Order and Pakistan’s Growing Role
For over four decades, the security architecture of the Persian Gulf rested on a single, seemingly unshakable foundation: the American security umbrella. Arab monarchies systematically […]
The Return of Great Power Rivalry: How Contemporary Wars are Reshaping Global Order
The post-Cold War dream of a friction-free, hyper-globalised world governed by multilateral consensus seems to have encountered a systemic rupture. The international system has transitioned […]
Gender-Discriminatory Nationality Laws and Statelessness in the Middle East
The United Nations 1954 Statelessness Convention defines a stateless person as someone who is not considered a national by any State under the operation of […]
Migration and the Making of the Modern Arab World
Migration has been a feature of Arab history long before the emergence of passports, borders and international airports. Before modern states took shape, people crossed […]