Mohammed Nuruzzaman

After prolonged negotiations, 94 non-nuclear weapon States signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in 2017 without the participation of any nuclear weapons States. In February 2023,...

• Subhash Bhambhu |
• July-August 2025 |
• Strategic Analysis

The Economic Weapon came at a time when Western policymakers were struggling to sanction one of the world’s largest economies, Russia, over the war in Ukraine. Nicholas Mulder, an Assistant...

• Subhash Bhambhu |
• January-February 2025 |
• Strategic Analysis

Iran—US relations are in a state of flux due to President Trump’s draconian sanctions, what is dubbed the ‘maximum pressure’ campaign, to force Iran to renegotiate the 2015 nuclear deal....

• Mohammed Nuruzzaman |
• November 2020 |
• Strategic Analysis

In recent years, especially after the 9/11 attacks on America, Western academics and policy-makers have increasingly viewed Islam as an inherently violent religion and Muslims as terrorists.

• Mohammed Nuruzzaman |
• November 2017 |
• Strategic Analysis

Traditionally, the Shi’a–Sunni divide and the associated dynamics of the geopolitical struggle for power and dominance, between the minority Shi’as and the majority Sunnis, have defined intra-Islamic relations. Often sidelined...

• Mohammed Nuruzzaman |
• May 2017 |
• Strategic Analysis

Saudi Arabia is a country the West loves and hates simultaneously. Often termed a ‘mysterious land’, Westerners largely view Saudi Arabia as a country ‘defined by oil, terrorism and veiled...

• Mohammed Nuruzzaman |
• July 2013 |
• Strategic Analysis

The Arab Spring was ignited by an undeniable human security goal of achieving freedom from want, freedom from fear and freedom to live in dignity. This article analyses how human...

• Mohammed Nuruzzaman |
• January 2013 |
• Strategic Analysis

The post-2003 Persian Gulf sub-region has witnessed intensified geopolitical conflicts and competition between Iran and the Gulf Arab states, particularly between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Scholars and experts have mostly...

• Mohammed Nuruzzaman |
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• Strategic Analysis