The West Asia conflict, triggered by US-Israeli strikes on Iran, entered its 13th day as Tehran unleashed a wave of retaliatory attacks on Israel and Gulf states, and amid rising tensions over a ...

Erosion of U.S. influence could, in the long run, impact arms sales, the negotiation of military basing rights, and the management of regional crises.

Indian migrant workers in West Asia support families in Kerala, Punjab, Bihar, and many other states through their labor and remittances. Their contributions are significant, but their situations are ...

In his telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 21, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian urged India, in its capacity as the BRICS chair for 2026, to play an “independent role” ...

This live blog is now closed. Iran’s military said on Friday (July 24, 2026) it carried out drone strikes against several American military facilities and bases in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait in ...

It is rare that political pundits wax philosophical, and probably not advisable when they do. Yet in the first week of the revived American-Israeli war with Iran, most American commentators shared the ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... West Asia: A New American Grand Strategy in the Middle East, by Mohammad Soliman. Polity Books, 272 pages. The Trump administration’s 2025 ...

“I have a lot of patience... We’ll see what happens,” Mr. Trump said aboard Air Force One. “I think there is a good chance that something could happen.” Tehran had earlier denied that there were any ...

US strategists should view the Middle East and South Asia as one interconnected geographic unit. Mohammed Soliman. West Asia: A New American Grand Strategy in the Middle East (Hoboken, Polity Books) ...