West Asia opinion articles provide expert analysis and commentary on politics, economy, and social issues across the region. This section explores diverse perspectives, helping readers understand the factors shaping West Asia’s landscape.
Transboundary water conflicts have been going on since ancient times and in recent years Türkiye, Syria and Iraq have had disputes over water, Egypt and Sudan have been in conflict with Ethiopia on co...
The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye marks an important shift in regional security cooperation. The three countries have agreed to support one another without ...
Pakistanis watching the fortnightly OGRA announcement might reasonably ask when will the petrol prices come down to the prewar levels. The answer lies in arithmetic rather than in end of war declarati...
More than two millennia ago, long before the invention of the internet, smartphones, or social media, the Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu warned that the greatest weapon in war was not force alone...
For decades, the confrontation in the Middle East was not characterized by open conflicts between nation-states, but instead by a continual, vague struggle carried out in the shadows. This method of c...
A single figure buried in SIPRI’s latest Yearbook warrants close attention: twelve nuclear warheads. For the first time since India’s nuclear tests, SIPRI has pointed out operational deployment of twe...
On 11th November 1918, in Compiègne Forest, the railway carriage belonging to the Supreme Allied Commander, Marshal Ferdinand Foch, served as the site where the German representatives signed the humil...
After the Second World War, the global powers took a daring step when they gathered at the Veterans Memorial Hall at San Francisco and came up with a liberal international order founded on cooperation...
The unrest that is currently being experienced in Iran, especially in its capital, may turn out to be one of the most dramatic in the modern history of this country, as the reports suggest that a grea...
When the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran in early 2026, the reverberations extended far beyond the immediate military theatre. The conflict has been the most significant conventional...