West Asia

The current war in West Asia, often described in international reporting as the Middle East war, has moved beyond a single-front confrontation and become a crisis of regional order. What...

The Mecca Joint Deterrence Agreement among Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye reflects a broader shift towards region-led security architecture in West Asia.

The Popular Mobilisation Forces factions are the reason Iraq’s neutrality in the US–Israel wars on Iran has proved so fragile.

The US–Israel war on Iran has forced the old regional order to change, but the shape of the new order remains uncertain.

Türkiye has positioned itself as a critical logistics and energy hub linking Asia, the Gulf and Europe.

Ukraine’s March–April 2026 outreach to West Asia comes amidst deepening alignment between Russia and Iran.

Pakistan’s attempt to mediate in the 2026 West Asia crisis should be understood primarily as a strategy of geopolitical survival through diplomatic utility.

The challenge for the US defence industrial base will be to meet the increased demands of allies in conflict zones for critical high-end defence equipment.

In the Iran crisis, a major strategic objective for Beijing was to frame itself as a ‘stabilising’ power, in contrast to Washington’s disruptive interventions.

In the wake of the West Asian crisis, the challenge for Japan, a US ally, is to maintain strategic autonomy given its energy dependencies on the region.