Gaza
Skewed Positions that the UN Takes

In one of its recent meetings, the United Nations Security Council refused to buy Pakistan’s position on the Pahalgam terrorist attack which prompted India to launch Operation Sindoor. The meeting was attended by the five permanent members as well ....

West Asia Roundup : April 2025

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As the Israel-Hamas war of 20 months saw no respite, Saudi Arabia emerged as the major custodian of the Palestine Cause and the Two-State solution. Saudi FM reiterated Kingdom’s rejection of displacement of Palestinians while spe....

Neighborhood News Digest - 01 April 2025

Afghanistan
Ünal: Billions Invested in Afghanistan's Mining and Energy-Tolo News
Cenk Ünal, the Turkish ambassador to Kabul, told TOLO news that Turkish investors have invested billions of dollars in Afghanistan, particularl....

West Asia Roundup: September 2024

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Not only the world remained on tenterhooks with the fears of escalation in West Asia but also witnessed the Israeli focus shift to Hezbollah and Lebanon as the next ‘destination destruction’. Hezbollah has committedly suppo....

Israel and the HHH- War of Attrition and Revenge

July 31 was the casting date for a much-feared escalation in the Middle East as Israeli leadership acknowledged killing of the Hezbollah leader Fouad Shukr (July 30) but keeping enigmatic silence on the killing of the Hamas top leader and negotiator ....

Assassination of Hamas Leader Haniyeh in Tehran

Since the missile exchange between Israel and Iran in April last, the tensions in the region had subsided though the war in Gaza was simmering. There was some hope that Israel and Hamas were nearing a deal on hostage release and ceasefire. The target....

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (08-14 July 2024)

Economic

China set for third plenum that could prove a ‘defining moment’ of Xi Jinping era
China’s ruling Communist Party will begin a key meeting on July 15 that may determine the country’s course for the next decade. T....

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (10-16 June)

Economic
Gold harder to find – industry body
The gold mining industry is struggling to maintain production growth as finding deposits of the yellow metal has become more difficult, according to the World Gold Council (WGC), ....

Hellfire from the Heavens – A Perspective on Contemporary Aerial Strikes

Punitive response with the employment of air power is nothing new, and goes back to the British ‘watch and ward’ missions that the Indian Air Force undertook with the Royal Air Force in 1937, towards policing the recalcitrant tribes of Waziristan....

Crisis in the Middle East

The Gaza war has continued beyond seven months. Amidst stepped-up diplomatic efforts, the fate of the hostage deal continues to be uncertain. The US Secretary of State Blinken visited Saudi Arabia and Israel. Israeli forces have entered Rafah. There ....

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