To squeeze the Islamic Republic’s oil revenues, U.S. policy must understand that no Chinese company is too big to sanction. President Donald Trump has embraced a strategy combining diplomacy and sanctions to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb. For such a strategy to be successful, it will be necessary to curb Iran’s illicit oil exports. In February 2025, Treasury […]

Critical Response to Prabhat Patnaik’s article, “Neoliberalism and Fascism,” published in Agrarian South (2020), challenges the fatalism inherent in Patnaik’s analysis. This response advocates for reclaiming agency in the age of neoliberalism and neo-fascism, offering a more dynamic and transformative perspective on resistance and change. A chilling wind of authoritarianism is sweeping the globe, manifesting in diverse forms yet united […]

The convergence of Christian-Jewish-Zionist extremism, European neo-Nazism, and Hindutva ideologies — aided by arms lobbies and imperialist interests — has contributed to a global climate of war hysteria, racism, blasphemy, and social unrest. This paper examines the historical and political foundations of the Hindutva-Zionist nexus, exploring its impact on India’s political trajectory. Nationalism and Religious Supremacy: A Path to Fascism […]

“Today, the war on drug trafficking is a scientific task. Traditional methods are not working anymore,” Iran’s deputy interior minister said Iran’s deputy interior minister Ali-Akbar Pour-Jamshidian praised Afghanistan for banning the cultivation, and buying and selling of drugs in the country but asked Kabul to be more decisive in the fight against narcotics. The official made the remarks in […]

The acting head of Afghanistan’s embassy in Tehran, Fazl Mohammad Haqqani, held talks with India’s Ambassador to Tehran, Shri Rudra Gaurav Shresth, to discuss expanding bilateral cooperation, the Afghan embassy said in a statement. The embassy in Tehran stated that both sides emphasized enhancing bilateral collaboration between Afghanistan and India during the meeting. The discussions also addressed expanding trade cooperation […]

Iran hosts millions of Afghan refugees that came following the US invasion of the country in 2001 as well as the Taliban takeover in 2021 Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Kabul Sunday on the highest-level visit by an Iranian official to the Afghan capital since the Taliban’s takeover in 2021. The one-day visit is part of an effort […]

On December 27, 2024, upon his arrival in China on a diplomatic visit, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi published an article in the Chinese outlet People’s Daily in which he discussed the promising nature of Iran-China relations. Stating that his visit to China marked the beginning of a “golden half-century” of Iran-China relations which, he said, would include bilateral strategic […]

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif emphasized the importance of enhancing economic cooperation among Islamic nations, including the creation of a unified currency, during a meeting on the sidelines of the D-8 summit in Egypt. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday, described relations between Iran and Pakistan as “friendly […]

Türkiye is an important transatlantic actor in Sino-Western competition. It can add value to Western efforts aimed at synchronizing policies toward a rising China. And yet, at present, Ankara’s policies on China are not harmonized with those of its partners in the West. Introduction Tense competition between the West and China in recent years has brought U.S. and EU policies […]

The following is the Balochistan Liberation Charter promoted by the Free Balochistan Movement, headed by Hyrbyair Marri, one of the most popular leaders among Baloch people. He is the son of the renowned Baloch nationalist leader Khair Bakhsh Marri, who was the chief of the Marri Baloch tribe and head of the National Awami Party (NAP). Hyrbyair Marri supports the […]