Turning Tides in the Middle East.
‘Kyun ke saas bhi Kabhi bahu thi (Because a mother-in-law was once a daughter-in-law, too)’ has become an old narrative in today’s advanced era, where individualism is paramount. But not in the case of global politics. Iran and Israel both are trying hard to occupy a mainstream position in Biden’s administration’s eyes. Wait__ am I forgetting something? Yes, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Where does she stand in this tussle between Saas (mother-in-law) and bahu (daughter-in-law)? Is there any space left for her or not, as, White House has cleared it like a crystal…
Is America back for the Middle East too?
It was 20th January of the year when Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. And his recent speech, defining his foreign policy, makes it crystal clear that so far he is a man of his words. He told during his campaign that he will be a pro-democracy leader and so, he has given a fine signal of it. He made it clear for an American ally, Saudi Arabia that the US is ending her support for the ongoing war in Yemen. Though it is widely…
New World Order does not seem working for a better Middle East
The decade of the 1990s gifted the world unipolarity. United States of America emerged as the sole cultural, political, and economic influencer. Many theorists joined the race of predicting the future of the New World Order. Where two of them emerged as the most prominent ones; Samuel P. Huntington and Francis Fukuyama. Fukuyama claimed this Liberal World Order with the inclusion of Capitalism as the ‘End of History’. He picked the opinion that this is the right order for Slave mentalities and as well as for those who…
‘Normalizing ties’ is an absurd phrase of today’s global politics.
Sovereignty, self-determination, and recognition are some of the most absurd terms when one considers the realities of world politics. And now ‘normalizing ties’ joins the row. It is quite clear that the qualification of statehood is, “a fixed territory, population, a government, and sovereignty”. But it is obvious that sovereignty or in other words ‘self-determination’ does not have any fixed definition in today’s global politics. For instance, the United States of America has dominating influence over world politics, IMF and the World Bank, almost hijacking the United Nations Organization, and…
The Gulf Crisis might meet its end with the humiliation of Saudi Arabia and the victory of Qatar.
Decolonization brought independence for many nations around the globe including the Arab nations. Though the question is still on its place whether the shackles were really broken or are they tied up in an imperialist coating. Because decolonization with such pace can be either a result of a miracle or a mega-strategy. But this is not our topic today. With decolonization, Middle Eastern nations started tug of war among themselves as freedom was new and no nation was in the position to…
Why recognizing Israel matter and what is making the Arab mighty tower, Saudi Arabia influence her allies to recognize Israel?
A loud sound in the crowd is that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Muhammad bin Salman and the Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu in the presence of a few other high officials have met in Saudi Arabia recently. This call has strengthened the chances of Saudi Arabia’s normalizing ties with the only Jewish state in the region and the world. Pakistan’s premier Imran Khan and few other high officials have also denied the chances of recognizing Israel, but who does not know…
Biden’s Middle East Plan is going to be more moderate than Trump’s foreign policy towards the region.
Joe Biden is elected as the 46th president of the United States of America. For understanding his political approach towards the Middle East, it is good to know few facts about his career, starting with his vice-presidency under Barrack Obama. Joe Biden has served America as its 47th vice-president for eight years, from 2009 to 2017. Opening the pages of his early life and career, you will come to know that he was raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and New Castle County, Delaware. He…
Trump adopts an aggressive tone against the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
The far stretched land of Ethiopia’s forested northwest is the site of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam which is Africa’s biggest hydropower plant and the most ambitious infrastructure projects in the continent. The expectations are rocket flying among the Ethiopians as it is estimated that the hydropower plant will bring the country’s electricity generation to more than triple its current capacity. It is also expected that the completion of this dam will create opportunities for the rising nation of Ethiopia to come out of its previous reputation of famines. …
A comparison of Pre-war and Post-war Aleppo.
Death of Aleppo is an Al Jazeera documentary that was recorded in August 2016 showing drastic pictures of what life looks like in a war-torn city. That documentary widely focuses on the individual level of analysis of the war-torn city of Aleppo where everyone from an infant to a person in his late 60s is dealing with a lot of unfairness. Bamboozling sounds of shells, missiles, bombs, and fighter jets are common in the city since President Bashar Al Assad lost control of it and many other parts of his country, Syria. People…
Trump’s New Middle East is a vivid one.
Dawn of the New Middle East is a term used by the American President Donald J. Trump in a ceremony held at the White House yesterday, where the two Gulf States, UAE, and Bahrain, signed agreements with Israel, vowing to normalize ties with the only Jewish country in the world. Though the mentioned Arab countries are neither the first nor the last Arab nations that have recognized Israel but their normalization of the ties has come on a crucial time when the American elections are on the head and the state of…
Asadullah Raisani
Middle East Writer
