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A world of multiple crises

New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- Talk about a world in upheaval. From Europe's streets to battlefields of the Middle East, turmoil seems everywhere. Governments are struggling to contain public anger, demonstrat... Read More


The great oil switch

New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- It's the ultimate sellers' market for crude oil. Yet Saudi Arabia's oil giant Aramco has just slashed the flagship crude price for Asian buyers to $5 a barrel below the Dubai/Oman... Read More


Will Pakistan fight for Saudi Arabia?

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- Pakistan could hardly have dreamt when it signed the tripartite Makkah Defence Pact that it could be called on to honour its commitments barely six weeks later. Yemen's Houthis... Read More


Are the Centrists losing Europe?

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- Are the crazies about to take power in Europe? The voters of Saxony-Anhalt have just delivered a political earthquake. They appear to have decided the Left and Centre-Right are i... Read More


The art of no deal

New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- There's a view circulating in Iran that there's little point in striking a deal with the US while Donald Trump is president. That's because he can change the terms at the very la... Read More


A new Middle East is being built

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- What will the power politics of the Gulf look like six months or a year from now? One near-certainty is the US will no longer be the Great Power manoeuvring regional players to e... Read More