South Asia Times

Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Representative image of the Strait of Hormuz

The Chokepoint of Nations: Operation Epic Fury and the Ghost of Hormuz

SAT Editorial Desk March 4, 2026

Pakistan at the Crossroads: Security, Economic and Strategic Fallout of the US-Israel-Iran Conflict

SAT Editorial Desk March 3, 2026

Representative image of Pakistan-Afghanistan map.

Operation “Epic Fury” and the Limitations of Air Power

SAT Editorial Desk March 2, 2026

Is an Islamic NATO emerging? Pakistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia explore a trilateral defense pact reshaping Middle East and South Asian security.

Toward an Islamic NATO?

SAT Editorial Desk January 18, 2026

How Sanctions, Militarized Economics, and Institutional Decay Broke Iran’s Currency

SAT Editorial Desk January 13, 2026

Analysis of Iran’s 2025–26 crisis, examining economic stress, political legitimacy, security pressures, and potential domestic and regional trajectories.

Iran’s Current Crisis: Structural Pressures and Political Trajectories

SAT Editorial Desk January 10, 2026

Khamenei, the Bazaar, and Protests

SAT Commentary January 3, 2026

$Renewed fighting in Hadramout exposes the collapse of the Riyadh Agreement, fracturing Yemen’s anti-Houthi coalition and threatening regional security.$

Yemen’s War Within a War

SAT Commentary January 3, 2026

Dancing on the Heads of Snakes

SAT Editorial Desk December 31, 2025