La situation en Iran, suite aux troubles sociaux qui secouent le pays depuis la fin de l’année dernière, et la réponse de Washington, marquée par des menaces d’intervention, fascinent les responsables politiques et les médias du Moyen-Orient. Des auteurs arabes analysent le style du président américainDes commentateurs locaux analysent les scénarios probables de tensions entre les deux pays et leurs […]

Arne Schimmer : Début 2026, le monde semble en proie aux flammes, à en juger par le Venezuela, le Groenland et l’Iran. Existe-t-il un lien entre tous ces foyers de tension, et comment expliquer cela ? Robert Steuckers : Le lien entre toutes ces zones de turbulence réside, bien sûr, dans le fait que l’hégémonie du monde unipolaire post-guerre froide […]

Le « Conseil de paix » sanctionné par les États-Unis impose un protectorat colonial à Gaza. Il s’agit du dernier épisode en date de la « doctrine du choc » : les États-Unis et Israël tentent de façonner à leur convenance ce qui reste de la société palestinienne à Gaza après le génocide. Le comité de technocrates palestiniens chargé de […]

Is the new Turkish-Saudi-Pakistani defense pact an attempt at an Islamic NATO or a strategic self-sabotage? The idea of a budding “Islamic NATO” under Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia might seem bold and fresh in a period of Middle Eastern “realignment.” But don’t dismiss it out of hand as the emergence of a symbolic new regional alliance: the trilateral convergence […]

Both want to “save face” after Israel’s attack on Qatar and remind fellow Muslims about the importance of more intra-Ummah military-technical cooperation, not set the stage for an Israeli-Pakistani nuclear standoff or Saudi Arabia imposing an oil embargo on India like some suspect. Saudi Arabia and Pakistan just signed a “Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement” (SMDA). According to their joint statement, […]

Islamic Nato in the making? Turkey is seeking to join a defence alliance between nuclear-armed Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, this can be seen as an effort in direction to reshape security alignments in the Middle East region and beyond, as Bloomberg reported.The pact, initially signed by Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in September, reportedly states that “any aggression” against one member […]

Decades of covert ops have led to this tense moment in the Islamic Republic. If the regime is toppled, India will be strategically strained on more than one front What began as protests against soaring inflation and currency collapse across Iranian cities on December 28 quickly evolved into broader political demands, including calls for reform and, in some quarters, regime […]

Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan has been rocked by a spate of deadly attacks targeting security forces in recent months. The attacks have been claimed by Jaish al-Adl, a Baluch separatist militant group that is believed to be operating out of neighboring Pakistan. On April 3, over a dozen militants attacked military and police installations in two separate cities in […]

Turkey’s intelligence service has detained a senior member of Islamic State in a region near the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Turkish media reported. Broadcaster TRT and other Turkish outlets identified the detainee as Mohammad Goren, also known by the alias Yahya, describing him as a prominent figure within the militant group. According to the reports, Goren had previously travelled […]

If you want to disarm Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups and promote peace and coexistence between Palestinians and Israelis, Pakistan is the wrong choice. Pakistan, which does not recognize Israel, has already made it clear that it is “not ready” to disarm Hamas. According to Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar: “If the purpose of deploying […]