It was meant to be the beginning of calm after one of the most devastating wars Gaza has ever seen. On October 9, U.S. President […]
Author: Mohmad Waseem Malla
Dr Mohmad Waseem Malla is the Founder & Editorial Director of Middle East Outlook, where he provides strategic vision and editorial leadership. He holds a PhD in Middle Eastern Studies with a specialisation in media from Jawaharlal Nehru University. His research interests span political communication, international media, digital authoritarianism, populism, and geopolitics, with a focus on the Middle East and South Asia. In addition to his role at Middle East Outlook, Dr Malla is a Research Fellow at the International Centre for Peace Studies (ICPS), New Delhi, and Associate Editor of its quarterly peer-reviewed Journal of Peace Studies (JPS). While his writings have appeared in respected academic journals, his expert analysis is regularly solicited by leading media platforms such as Al Jazeera, RT, and The Diplomat, on critical developments in international affairs, particularly about South Asia & Middle East.
The Qatar Strike and the Illusions of Gulf Security
It is often said that the only predictability about the Middle East’s geopolitics is its unpredictability, and yet what has remained remarkably consistent is the […]
From Haram to Deterrence: How the Israel-US Aggression May Have Reversed Iran’s Nuclear Policy
For decades, Iran insisted it did not seek nuclear weapons. In 2003, the country’s current supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued an oral fatwa (religious […]
Israel-Hamas War and the Disinformation Fog
On October 7, 2023, the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched surprise attacks across the Gaza border into Southern Israel. The sheer magnitude of these attacks […]
Anti-Qatar Campaign and the Continued Oriental Gaze
Qatar has a knack for earning international headlines regularly and often negative ones. In the lead-up to the global football event, World Cup 2022, starting […]