THE U.S. AND THE PHILIPPINES STRENGTHEN TIES AS A BULWARK TO COUNTER CHINA

KN. Over the past year, the United States and the Philippines have reaffirmed their mutual defense agreement and strengthened their economic and security partnership, which had become strained during the…

IRANIAN STRATEGY AFTER RAISI

KN. Conventional wisdom holds that Iran’s domestic and national security policies will not be altered by the sudden death of President Ibrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on May 19…

SADRIST RETURN MIGHT UPEND IRAQI POLITICS AND REGIONAL ORIENTATION

KN. Iraqi stability and its future regional orientation might be upended by the apparent decision of the popular and mercurial Shia cleric, Moqtada Al Sadr, to return his movement to…

KUWAIT FACES AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE AFTER LEGISLATURE IS SUSPENDED

KN. For the past six decades, Kuwait has stood out as among the freest and open Arab states of the Persian Gulf, centered on the country’s 1962 constitution and its…

Presiden Tunisia Pecat Menteri Agama

KN. Menteri Agama Tunisia Brahim Chaibi dipecat terkait banyaknya jemaah asal negara itu yang meninggal dunia selama melaksanakan haji tahun ini. Lebih dari 1.000 jemaah dari seluruh dunia meninggal selama…