Advancing Stability and Opportunity in the Middle East and North Africa
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The Imperialist Push of Saudi Arabia Explained Through the Greater Horn of Africa
The moderation MbS champions is not a theological opening. It is the final stage of an imperial project begun with…
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Tunisia and Egypt: The IMF Trap Door
Two of North Africa’s largest economies are caught in different stages of the same structural problem. Egypt is deep inside…
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Energising Syria’s future
Data: European Commission, GISCO, 2025; GEM, 2024; PRIO, PETRODATA, 2009 Geopolitics of energy in Syria Türkiye fostered regional power hub…
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The risks of Trump’s peace plan: Two Gazas and an annexed West Bank
Trump’s plan could doom aspirations for a unified Palestinian state. European and Arab states should pressure Washington before it’s too…
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Sudan’s Expanding Famine: Hunger as a Weapon of War
Sudan is now the site of the world’s most severe humanitarian emergency. Famine conditions have been confirmed in El Fasher…
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The Saudi–Iranian Détente: A Strategic Imperative
Saudi-Iranian Rapprochement is Fragile, but Hangs On: Diplomatic engagement between Iran and Saudi Arabia has persisted despite the shock of…
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MBS, Guardian of Holy Places, Master of the Unholy Game
How the House of Saud weaponized Islam, at home and abroad, while its elite played by entirely different rules
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What Nouri al-Maliki’s prime minister bid tells us about Iraq
The surprise return of the controversial former leader has revealed that Iraq is still a US–Iran battleground.
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Syria’s Constitutional Void: Power Without a Framework
Syria entered 2026 without the constitutional architecture needed to hold its political transition together. More than a year after the…
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Syria is stabilizing, but US help remains vital
The second year of Syria’s transition faced a rocky start this January, with large-scale conflict erupting in the northeast between…
