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Washington, D.C. – In a significant diplomatic meeting at the White House on Thursday, September 25th, former U.S. President Donald Trump signaled a potential major shift in…

A prominent foreign policy analyst has issued a stark warning that former President Donald Trump's renewed push for the United States to retake Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan could…

Since the end of the Cold War, U.S. global hegemony has rested on maintaining a decisive presence in two strategic theaters: the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. In Asia,…

Exhausted medical staff at Gaza’s few remaining hospitals are struggling to cope with a devastating influx of thousands of sick, injured, and malnourished people fleeing renewed…

In the Middle Ages, trade between the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean flourished so greatly that sailors considered the two basins organically connected. What was once a…

Arab observers and public opinion are divided. On one side are the optimistic supporters who view the recent wave of international recognitions of a Palestinian state as a…

AFF president recorded talking to Australia-based player’s brother Mohammad Yousef Kargar denies accuracy of leaked recordings Mohammad Yousef Kargar, the AFF president,…

The terrifying spectre of an internet shutdown in Afghanistan A partial shutdown of fibre-optic internet has spread fear. Afghans do not want to be cut off from the world.…

Anas Haqqani, one of the most prominent young figures within the Taliban leadership, recently gave an in-depth interview on a prominent Indian podcast. The timing of this media…

Situated at the crossroads of Central Asia, where the interests of major powers intersect and regional strategies converge, Bagram Air Base remains far more than an abandoned…