Tel Aviv, May 29 (IANS) China’s approach to global conflicts is not aimed at ending them all but at determining which remain strategically useful and which pose strategic risks. Ukraine, in this context, is seen as useful to Beijing as it diverts Western attention and increases Russia’s dependence.By contrast, tensions around the Strait of Hormuz and North Korea’s alignment with Moscow are viewed as increasingly dangerous given their implications for energy security and China’s core geop…
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Tel Aviv, May 26 (IANS) Pakistan is not brokering peace between the United States and Iran from a neutral position, but from within China’s strategic orbit. While Islamabad may present itself as a mediator between Tehran and Washington amid the West Asia conflict, the strategic shadow behind its role is defined by Chinese influence, a report has highlighted.Pakistan today portrays itself as a broker in the West Asian conflict, seeking to appear useful to Washington, credible to Tehran, accepta…
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) The art of Indian diplomacy will be to keep the relationships with UAE, Isreal and Iran in conversation without pretending that they are identical, writes Sergio Restelli, a geopolitical expert, in The Times of Israel. He urged India to reassure the Gulf without closing the door to Iran and to deepen cooperation with Israel without losing room for manoeuvre in the Arab world.Restelli notes that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United Arab Emirates came at a …
Tel Aviv, May 8 (IANS) Pakistan has long portrayed itself as both a victim of terrorism and a partner in the global war on terror, yet the reported reconstruction of terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed’s Bahawalpur headquarters following a major Indian military strike during Operation Sindoor last year goes far more than just a South Asian security concern. It serves as a warning about how jihadist infrastructure can endure when states focus on managing international scrutiny rather than dismantling t…
Tel Aviv, April 27 (IANS) Iranian concerns over Pakistan hosted United States-Iran talks extend beyond optics, with Tehran increasingly perceiving that Islamabad is not acting as a “neutral intermediary”, a report said on Monday.It stated that suspicions that sensitive exchanges are being passed to Washington undermine the very basis of mediation.Writing for ‘The Times of Israel’, Italian political advisor and geopolitical expert Sergio Restelli said that if one party sees the mediator as both p…
Tel Aviv, April 22 (IANS) Pakistan for decades has projected itself as a partner in counterterrorism while simultaneously tolerating or enabling terror networks linked to regional instability, a report stated on Wednesday highlighting that dreaded terrorist Osama bin Laden had lived undetected within reach of the Pakistani military establishment before being killed in 2011. Writing for the ‘Times of Israel’, Sergio Restelli, an Italian political advisor, author and geopolitical expert, said that…
Tel Aviv, April 18 (IANS) As the one-year anniversary of the heinous Pahalgam terror attack approaches, Pakistan appears to be engaged in a familiar double narrative, a report said on Saturday. Writing for the ‘Times of Israel’, Sergio Restelli, an Italian political advisor, author and geopolitical expert said that on one front, Pakistan presents itself as a responsible mediator in one of the Middle East’s most dangerous crisis, seeking to facilitate dialogue between Iran and the United States…
Tel Aviv, April 2 (IANS) China–Pakistan joint five-point peace proposal to resolve the conflict in West Asia involving the US, Israel and Iran may falter as wars of this scale rarely end through diplomatic appeals alone, a report said on Thursday. Writing for ‘Times of Israel’, Italian political advisor, author and geopolitical expert Sergio Restelli noted that a viable deal would begin not with a ceasefire but with recognising the non-negotiable interests of both sides.”For Washington and its…
Tel Aviv, March 26 (IANS) The recent speeches in Pakistan’s Lahore by Talha Saeed, son of UN-designated terrorist Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, alongside terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba figure Saifullah Qasur, are not isolated incidents but reflect a broader pattern. It underscores how Jihadist narratives are repackaged for a broader audience, linked to global conflicts, and amplified through increasingly visible platforms.Writing for ‘Times of Israel’, Sergio Restelli, an Italian author and geopolitic…
Tel Aviv, Feb 10 (IANS) The killing of Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, ultimately reflects a Mediterranean region drifting away from political solutions toward managed disorder, where elections are indefinitely postponed, assassinations become corrective tools, and external actors adapt rather than resist, a report said on Tuesday.It added that this does not represent just a collapse but a far more dangerous shift towards normalisation.Writing for ‘Times of…