Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Create an account Create an account Welcome! Register for an account your email your username A password will be e-mailed to you. Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. Picking Sides in West Asia 441 February 22, 2019 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in The Hindu (India) on 22 February 2019 by Harsh V. Pant and Hasan Alhasan (link to originallink to original) Translated from by . Edited by . Back To Origin This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link . Tags:Chabahar portIndiaMiddle East Security AlliancesanctionsWest Asia Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Poland: Why It’s Hard To Give Up War* October 14, 2026. Published in RzeczpospolitaThanks to Trump, Russia could tip the balance in its favor. 0 Germany: Quickly Lashing Out Once More October 18, 2026. Published in TazTrump can't cope ... and his attacks are becoming more frenzied. He's a lame duck with a gun. 0 Egypt: What Happens in the US Economy Doesn’t Stay in the US Economy October 15, 2026. Published in Ahram OnlineFor the rest of the world, the cheque’s consequences have three faces: the good, the bad, and the ugly. 0 Saudi Arabia: How UK-US Military Leases Secure Sovereign Concessions October 15, 2026. Published in Arab NewsBackroom legal deals turn international law into a tool for the voluntary relinquishment of domestic territory. 0 Austria: Little Caesar Marco October 13, 2026. Published in Der StandardRubio (or "little Marco," as Trump calls him) conveniently overlooked a few small things. 0 Topics Germany: Saudi Arabia Is Paying the Price* October 18, 2026. Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 0 Germany: Quickly Lashing Out Once More October 18, 2026. Published in TazTrump can't cope ... and his attacks are becoming more frenzied. He's a lame duck with a gun. 0 Japan: Pressure on Ukraine: The US Administration’s Focus Is Backward October 18, 2026. Published in Sankei Shimbun 0 Ireland: Trump’s Sham ‘Peace Plan’ for Palestine Is 1 Year Old, More than 1,500 Have Been Killed in Gaza Since October 16, 2026. Published in Irish Times 0 Ireland: The Irish Times View on US Midterms: a Lame Duck Trump Is Still a Danger October 16, 2026. Published in Irish Times 0 Australia: Trump and Netanyahu Are Putting the World at Risk To Stay in Power October 16, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Canada: The Unpleasant Logic of Live-Streaming Nidal Hasan’s Execution October 16, 2026. Published in National Post 0 Egypt: What Happens in the US Economy Doesn’t Stay in the US Economy October 15, 2026. Published in Ahram OnlineFor the rest of the world, the cheque’s consequences have three faces: the good, the bad, and the ugly. 0 Related Articles Poland: Why It’s Hard To Give Up War* October 14, 2026. Published in RzeczpospolitaThanks to Trump, Russia could tip the balance in its favor. India: BRICS Summit: Stern Rebuke to Trump’s Unilateralism and Expansion of India’s Strategic Space September 18, 2026. Published in Firstpost[T]he Global South will not be a passive recipient of economic coercion, nor will it allow its developmental trajectories to be derailed by the tariff wars and unilateral sanctions. Poland: America’s Last Hope: Try To Starve Iran September 18, 2026. Published in RzeczpospolitaInformation coming out of Iran suggests things have never been this bad. Egypt: The Blockade and the Bomb September 10, 2026. Published in almasryalyoum[W]hat is to stop Iran from actually embarking on a nuclear weapons program, since it is already being subjected to these sanctions? India: Sanctions, Strikes, Stalemate: Trump Tightens the Noose, Iran Refuses To Blink September 7, 2026. Published in FirstpostUnless Trump is persuaded to return to the negotiating table, this cycle of violence is bound to persist. Previous articleThe Constitutional Crisis is HereNext articleSocialism Has Returned to US Politics LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment