Nine-eleven was an objective demonstration of what SP Huntington conceptualised in his phenomenal work, The Clash of Civilisations and the Remaking of World Order. The clash is not over, but in the ...

Few could have predicted at the start of 2025 that Pakistan's foreign policy would end the year on such a dramatically different footing.Long perceived as a country navigating diplomatic isolation, ...

The agreements are operational and Gulf-led, with Saudi and UAE energy firms moving quickly into oil and gas services, field ...

In this Q&A, architect Lina Ghotmeh discusses how she’s reimagining the role of museums and cultural institutions through ...

Explore Bahrain's Golden Residency Visa, introduced in 2022 and updated in 2025, offering a low-cost, tax-free solution for ...

Financial markets do not neatly distinguish between short‑lived crises and prolonged wars; they price probability rather than ...

For more than three decades, the international system treated Somaliland as an inconvenience while Israel treated it as a ...

China’s inroads in the Middle East demonstrate how the region is still a critical front in the era of US-China competition.

Bahrain has announced a two-day holiday to celebrate National Day and the accension to the throne of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime ...

S&P Global Ratings downgraded Bahrain for the first time since 2017 as the Gulf country’s fiscal position deteriorates and debt levels rise. The sovereign credit rating was cut one level further into ...