ST’s foreign bureaus outline how these power players will approach the new year. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Since the beginning of the Syrian civil war in 2011, the nation has become a battleground for competing hegemons. The United ...

However, with the collapse of the Islamic Republic’s hegemonic project, the Middle East is poised for significant changes.

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Former US president Jimmy Carter is remembered for his transformative role in Asia, including normalising relations with China more than four decades ago.

A few developments over the past week bode ill for the Middle East’s sectarian rivalries, with implications for U.S. strategy in the region. On Dec. 27, ...

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I could have wiped Iran off the map,” Jimmy Carter told CNBC in 2014. Memorable quotes from the 39th president.

Amid growing instability and uncertainty in the world, China and Iran have reaffirmed their commitment to pragmatic ...

With the help of declassified spy satellite images from the United States, a team of archaeologists from the United Kingdom’s ...

The top diplomats of China and Iran agreed Saturday that the Middle East is "not a battleground for the big powers" and should not be an arena of geopolitical competition between countries outside the ...