When Russia invaded Ukraine in late February of 2022, it was seen as one of the biggest geopolitical shocks to the existing international order in […]
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Full Text of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran
The United States and Iran signed a 14-point Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding on June 17, 2026. The deal was first announced on June 15 by […]
Negotiating Multipolarity: India’s Position in BRICS Transformation
Fareed Zakaria, in his book, ‘The Post-American World’, argues that we are not entering an era of American decline, but rather one defined by the […]
Algeria and Palestine: How Settler Colonialism Re-engineers Space and Sovereignty
If settler colonialism is a structure rather than an event, then its most vivid manifestations occur not on the battlefield but in land registers, zoning […]
Engineering Fear 2.0: From the Strait of Hormuz to the Streets of Amman – How the Iran War is Reshaping the Middle East
In a previous article for the Middle East Outlook, “Engineering Fear: The New Middle East Truce”, I had argued that ceasefires in the Middle East […]
The Hormuz Paradox: American Power Projection Meets Strategic Fragility
The recent talks between the Iranians and the Americans in Pakistan grabbed global headlines. Dubbed the Islamabad Talks, the intense direct negotiations between the two […]
Spies for Hire: How Tehran, Moscow, and Islamabad Turned Espionage Tactics
In early April 2026, Israel’s domestic intelligence agency Shin Bet arrested four active-duty IDF soldiers on suspicion of espionage for Iran. In another case, a […]
Is Joe Kent’s Resignation a Bad News for United States–Israel Relations?
On March 17, US National Counterterrorism Director Joe Kent resigned, citing concerns over Israel’s growing sway over the United States war on Iran. In his […]
Between the Street and the State: Pakistan’s Reaction to US-Israel’s killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
On 28 February 2026, Israel and the United States launched yet another joint campaign of large-scale air strikes against Iran over its nuclear programme by […]
Kill the Leader, Collapse the State? The US-Israeli Miscalculation on Iran
The Middle East has again descended into yet another crisis with the United States and Israel imposing a second war on Iran within a year […]