Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...“The real issue is the erosion of stability, and this level of increasing risks could jeopardise the medium-term outlook for the region,” Jihad Azour, director of the IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia department...
...Mohanad Hage Ali, deputy director of research the Carnegie Center in Beirut, said Hizbollah was preparing for the possibility of escalation with Israel....
...The regional headquarter rules “were drafted more with the mindset of companies that sell products rather than those who sell services”, said Michael Bessey, a director at consultancy Albright Stonebridge...
...It deals a heavy blow to western and Arab hopes of de-escalating regional hostilities, and bringing an end to the war in Gaza....
...The writer is director of regional security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies On Saturday night, a long-awaited Iranian strike on Israel started with a bang and ended with a whimper....
...asks Helga Kalm, director of the Lennart Meri Conference, an annual regional security forum....
...He appreciates the state for its diversity and distinct character, which combines Malay, Indian, Chinese and western cultures....
...He has also overseen LVMH’s regional presidents and directed the group’s digital transformation....
...Iran has expressed support for the militants’ attacks, but insisted that they act independently and that it wants to avoid a full-blown regional war....
...Bonnie Glaser, managing director of the Indo-Pacific Program at the German Marshall Fund, a US-based think-tank, said the decline in trust and perception of decreased engagement from the US was notable,...
...The Iranian attack “puts the region on the precipice of a broader regional war that almost no one seems to actually want”, said Jonathan Panikoff, director of the Atlantic council’s Scowcroft Middle East...
...The findings are a stark contrast with the escalating tensions in the Middle East, where the US and other western countries have increased their military presence after attacks by Iran-backed militias and...
...The writer is director of regional security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies In the Middle East, wars do not stay within state boundaries....
...Although Iran has publicly said it does not seek a wider war in the region with the US and its regional allies, US and western officials said Tehran is continuing to provide intelligence to Houthi rebels...
...In the future, they will try to plan to carry [them out] against western countries.”...
...Iranian officials have said the Islamic republic does not want direct conflict with the US and Israel, or a regional war....
...Most major western countries selected Indigenous artists or those with immigrant backgrounds....
...This gives depth as well as breadth to its regional diplomacy....
...“That area has long been a tinderbox,” said a senior western diplomat....
...“At this early stage, we’re seeing western companies making initial investments, paving the way for the emergence of local suppliers and brands in the future.”...
...“Russia doesn’t have the resources to be the main regional policeman on its own any more. It’s looking towards sharing the burden with China to stop any kind of western presence.”...
...Both are large western states run by conservative minister-presidents favoured for re-election. In Wiesbaden, the CDU has governed in discreet harmony with the Greens since 2014....
...But talks between CIA director Bill Burns, Israeli spy chiefs and senior Qatari and Egyptian officials in Cairo on Tuesday appeared to make little progress....
...Analysts say the war on Egypt’s border had given new momentum in western capitals to back an IMF deal to salvage the country’s foundering economy....
...Keen, director of Lowy’s Pacific Islands programme....
International Edition