West Asia Roundup
West Asia Roundup: August 2023

Abstract Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after his consultations with the Americans and others invited about forty participants including national Security Advisers to Jeddah for discussing the way out of the Russia-Ukraine War. But...

West Asia Roundup: July 2023

Abstract Winds of rapprochement continue to blow over the region. President Erdogan paid visits to Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Doha. He also expressed keenness to talk to Greece while agreeing to remove his hold from the Swedish entry to NATO....

West Asia Roundup: June 2023

Prime Minister’s Visit to Egypt On his way back from a highly successful visit to USA, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a State visit to Egypt on 25 January at the invitation of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo. Both...

West Asia Roundup: May 2023

Abstract Resilience and political astuteness of President Erdogan enabled him to win the Presidential elections once again in the second round despite several odds including the poor performance during the devastating earth quakes. He was...

West Asia Roundup- April 2023

Abstract: As the dates for civilian transfer of power was being conceived, Sudan erupted into a power grabbing violence between the Sudan’s Armed Forces led by General Burhan and the rapid Support Forces led by General Dagalo with their...

West Asia Roundup: March 2023

Abstract: One of the most significant regional developments was the Saudi-Iran rapprochement facilitated by China at a meeting held by Wang Yi with Ali Shamkhani, Iranian NSA and Mussad bin Mohammed al-Aiban the Saudi NSA on March 10...

West Asia Round Up -February 2023

Abstract: Closely on the heels of President Xi Jinping’s visit to Riyadh for three landmark Summits in December 22, President Ebrahim Raisi visited Beijing to confer with the Chinese leadership on the outcomes and progress and way...

West Asia Roundup-January 2023

Abstract: 2023 began with greater tensions in the region. Israel -Palestine conflict and high levels of violence and protests in Israel against the efforts of Netanyahu’s ultra-right government to compromise the powers of the Judiciary as...

West Asia Roundup-December 2022

Abstract: For West Asia, 2022 ended with a hectic diplomatic activity. Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) of Saudi Arabia visited several countries in the region to ensure the presence of West Asian leaders at the...

West Asia Roundup-November 2022

Abstract : West Asia especially Qatar came into global focus as the FIFA world cup took off. Kudos and criticism and conspiracy theories, labour exploitation in the run up liberal traditions of west and conservative traditions of the Arab...

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