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Matein Khalid The history of Wall Street has taught me to be nervous on Mondays in October. This Monday is also crowded with meetings with strategic partners and friends from across the seas and…
Matein Khalid I had recommended a strategic buy on Airbnb (ABNB) at 137 in July after a 20-point hit as I…
Dr. Louis Perron Angela Merkel’s reign will soon come to an end, but after Germans went to the polls yesterday, it…
James M Dorsey A year of diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel has proven to be mutually beneficial.…
James M. Dorsey Saudi and Emirati efforts to define ‘moderate’ Islam as socially more liberal while being subservient to an autocratic…
By James M. Dorsey A paradigm shift in jihadist thinking suggests that the US invasion of Afghanistan may prove to have…
Manish Rai The Taliban after much wait has announced its 33-member interim cabinet. This new government is exclusively Taliban, and almost…
James M Dorsey The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan may help Iran reduce its international isolation. At least, that’s what the Islamic…
Matein Khalid If 2021 was an annus mirabilis for investors in US equities, Big Tech and REITs (we know who you…
By Manish Rai The Taliban has announced a new interim government of their so-called “Islamic Emirate” in Afghanistan, more than three…
Matein Khalid Any investor who missed 2021’s spectacular rally in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq has really missed out on an…
James M Dorsey The US withdrawal from Afghanistan will likely clarify what the Gulf’s security options are. Gulf states are likely…
James Dorsey Recent attacks on Kabul’s international airport by the Islamic State’s Afghan affiliate raise multiple questions as well as the…
Matein Khalid Imran Khan described the fall of Kabul as liberation, I wonder if he has seen the images of desperate…
By Manish Rai The Taliban now control almost the whole of Afghanistan including the capital city, Kabul, almost two decades since they were…
By James M Dorsey Having taken control, the Taliban want the world to believe that they have become more pragmatic and…
James Dorsey Boasting an almost 1,000-kilometer border with Iran and a history of troubled relations between the Iranians and Sunni Muslim…
Raytheon is America’s preeminent vendor of advanced aerospace technology products, mission critical for 21st century warfare. Hypersonic missiles, space to space…
Manish Rai General Ata Mohammad Noor, Leader of Jamiat-e Islami Afghanistan and the Former Governor of Balkh Province have been the…
James Dorsey China may have no short-term interest in contributing to guaranteeing security in parts of a swath of land stretching…
James M Dorsey A recent unprecedented alliance between Muslims and Evangelicals takes on added significance in a world in which human rights…
James M Dorsey A major Muslim and Evangelical organization joined forces this week to significantly advance hitherto state-backed ceremonial inter-faith dialogues…
I owe a debt of gratitude to a brilliant, young, Gen-Z Mademoiselle, whose knowledge of the Silicon Valley ecosystem (and tango!)…
As I have a natural obsession with global edtechs in both the pre-IPO capital markets and Nasdaq, I believe a tactical…
It is ironic that the US Dollar Index (DXY) rose to 92.85 even as the yield on the 10 year US…
by James M. Dorsey Personality as well as the conflation of genuine national interest with personal ambition contribute to the widening…
By James M Dorsey Widely seen as a populist with ultra-conservative inklings, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan increasingly appears to reinforce…
By James M Dorsey When Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid recently sparked a war of words with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki he…