Silo-based missile capabilities increase the odds of survivability for China’s small arsenal and are integral to Beijing’s nuclear modernisation effort. The Chinese recently moved to build a new set of missile silos. Speculation is rife about what this new development brings. Is it to bolster the survivability of the Chinese …

The Middle East Region in 2021 presents a complicated kaleidoscope of churning of established geopolitical patterns and military alignments as the United States and Russia jostle for influence with China joining in substantively. Major regional States like Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran and Israel also reflect the same churn.

The Biden administration’s plan for Afghanistan reflects the urgency with which the US is looking for a way out, without giving up on any of the gains it has painstakingly made over the years. The new Biden administration has finally declared its plan for Afghanistan and it is picking up …

The Abraham Accords constitute the beginning of a transformation of a region that has confounded many,and that will continue to be a vital battleground astride the security and economic interests of world powers. American leadership was a necessary but alone insufficient condition to the emergence of this agreement. American leadership …

Iraq continues to be at the forefront of the world’s most corrupt countries, despite many factors that should have drawn him down on this list- including the deteriorating economic situation and worsening fiscal deficits. According to reports published by Transparency International, Iraq occupies a leading rank in corruption with nearly …

A German report issued today said that the attack that took place in Erbil last week rendered reining in Iraq’s anti-US militant groups even “more urgent”. A report by “Deutsche Welle” referred to the NATO military alliance decision to increase numbers of troops in Iraq from 500 to 4,000. “The …

“We may come all of a sudden one night. This is the bottom line”. This statement by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was not without reason, as it paves the way for a military invasion towards Sinjar – the Yazidi stronghold in Iraq – where the lines of contact are …

Hours after the attack on US-Led Coalition convoy at the eastern entrance to the Fallujah district, east of Al-Anbar Governorate, a security source revealed details of the incident. The source told Shafaq News Agency, “The explosion caused a woman and a policeman wounded, as well as damaging one of the …

The US military Monday played down reports of an attack on an Iraqi airbase hosting troops. Reports circulated that the Al-Asad airbase, which has been targeted on multiple occasions by Iran-backed militias, came under attack late Monday.

The US is “alarmed” by the escalating attacks by Yemen’s Houthi militia against Saudi Arabia, a senior White House official said Monday. Houthis “We continue to be alarmed by the frequency of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia. Escalating attacks like these are not the actions of a group that is …