Is Europe Losing Its Sovereignty? A Retired French Colonel Explains the New World Order
Is the European Union quietly surrendering its sovereignty to an unaccountable technocratic elite, even as the world moves decisively toward multipolarity? On this episode of the Kianistan Podcast, host Tafhim
Can Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Syria Survive? Prof. David Lesch Grades the New Government
More than a year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, what grade would a leading Syria scholar give the new government led by Ahmed al-Sharaa? On this episode of the
Is the OIC Failing the Muslim World? Two Top Scholars Weigh In – Professor John Esposito
What happens when two of the world’s most respected scholars of religion and global affairs sit down together to dissect the state of the Muslim world? On this special double-guest
Is Nationalism Really the Enemy of the Ummah? Prof. Khaled Blankenship Explains
Is the modern nation-state a betrayal of the Islamic Ummah, or is it a natural and even necessary stage in the political development of Muslim societies? On this episode of
Professor Majid Sharifi: Why Iran’s Nuclear Program Will Go Underground and a Second War Is More Likely Than Peace
Is Iran being offered a genuine off-ramp from confrontation with the West, or is it being backed into a corner with only two real options: submission and eventual fragmentation, or
Ali Borhani: Is Israel Wagging the Dog? A Geoeconomic Read on the Doha Strike and the Fatigued American Empire
Is the United States acting through Israel, or has Israel become powerful enough to drag Washington wherever it wants to go? And why does strategic advisor Ali Borhani believe Gulf
Professor Fawadi Isadi: Inside Iran on the Qatar Strike, Snapback Sanctions, and Why Israel Needed a Ceasefire
Why did Israel really ask for a ceasefire after twelve days of war with Iran in June, and what does it reveal that the request came from Tel Aviv rather
75 Years in the Making: Dr. Toqeer Hussain Sarana on the Full History of the Pakistan-Saudi Defense Pact
How does a defense agreement announced in a single week actually trace back seventy-five years, through a 1951 friendship treaty, Cold War alliances, and Pakistani commandos defending Mecca’s Grand Mosque?
Mouin Rabbani Returns: The Saudi-Pakistan Pact, Trump’s Revised Gaza Plan, and Tony Blair’s Colonial Role
Why does veteran Middle East analyst Mouin Rabbani view the Saudi-Pakistan defense pact as a Saudi insurance policy rather than an anti-Iran or anti-Israel maneuver? And how did Trump’s original
Tafhim Kiani Joins Iran Talks: A Panel Deep-Dive on the Saudi-Pakistan Defense Pact
What does the Saudi-Pakistan defense pact actually mean, and who does it really benefit? Is it a genuine shift in regional power, or, as one panelist provocatively argues, a one-sided