Aditi Bhaduri
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Opinion | A New Sunni Bloc Is Taking Shape, And Pak May Be Its Biggest Winner
If the idea does come to fruition, then such a bloc would have been a long time in making. And it would have a formidable spread, going all the way from the Arabian Sea to the Mediterranean, controlling strategic ports, shipping and maritime routes.
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Opinion | PM Modi Lands In UAE Amidst A Saudi 'Complication'
The UAE-Saudi rivalry is no longer just a Middle East story. It's becoming India's strategic headache.
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Opinion | To Understand UAE's OPEC Exit, Go Back In Time - To A Leaked 'Cable'
Surprising as the UAE's decision is, it is also fully in keeping with its pattern of breaking with regional, in particular, Arab consensus on many issues and forging an independent path.
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Opinion | India Is Losing A Multibillion-Dollar 'Asset', Thanks To Trump
At a grand G20 ceremony in Delhi, India unveiled its most ambitious trade corridor. Halfway across the world, forces beyond its control are now derailing that vision.
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Opinion | How Iran Ceasefire Helps Pakistan Fix A 10-Year-Old 'Mess' With Saudi
The debate around Pakistan's 'mediation' efforts continues. But the fact remains that the country is in the geopolitical limelight for appropriate reasons after a long, long time.
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Opinion | 450 Missile, 2,000 Drone Attacks Later, Why Is UAE Still Not Fighting Iran?
The UAE is Iran's second-largest trading partner. But it is also the one Iran has attacked the most heavily since February 28. The reason goes beyond just today's conflict.
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Opinion | Why 2 Gulf States Want Iran War To Continue - Even As They're Battered By It
If Trump withdraws from this war, the Saudis and other Gulf countries would be left to face the music, with an angrier, fiercer, and possibly more vengeful Iran.
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Opinion | The Curious Reason 2 Iran 'Proxies' Haven't Joined The War Against Israel
The silence from two of its strongest groups may possibly hinge on two factors.
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Opinion | 'We Protect America, Not Vice Versa': Inside Gulf's Growing Frustration With Trump
Arab states are increasingly waking up to the bitter truth that the US compromised the region's safety for Israel's war goals, despite millions of dollars spent on security arrangements.
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Opinion | A Dark Truth: Why Iran, Ukraine Get Bombed, But Pak, Israel, N Korea Don't
With the Iran blitz, the message to smaller and military states is shaping up to be this: 'build the damn bomb - if not legally, then the way Pakistan did in the 1970s'.
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Opinion | The Hypocrisy Of Pakistan And Turkey's Frustration With India-Israel Ties
Even before the conclusion of PM Modi's visit, editorials and op-eds appeared in Pakistani and Turkish media, indulging in fear-mongering about India and Israel's deepening ties.
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Opinion | Will Iran Actually Use Its Catastrophic 'Strait Of Hormuz' Card Against US?
Should the US launch any attacks on Iran - and every indication is that it means to very soon - it will be to implement a regime change. In which case, Iran could be forced to adopt extraordinary measures.
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Opinion | Khalistan Meet, Then 'Kashmir' Event: Azerbaijan's Anti-India Jabs Are Growing
Recently, a group in Azerbaijan held a conference that had in attendance representatives of various Khalistani organisations, who openly called for international support for their 'movement'.
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Opinion | Pak Blames India For 'Losing' Afghanistan. Numbers Tell A Different Story
As relations between India and Afghanistan continue to be defined economically, it is Pakistan that will be the loser, perhaps an unintended consequence of its own inability to be a good neighbour.
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Opinion | 'Hijab' Policing, Work Diktats: How 'New' Bangladesh Is Failing Its Women
From being targeted over 'dress codes' to resistance to women's work, Bangladesh's political reset has opened the door to forces openly hostile to women.
