Advancing Stability and Opportunity in the Middle East and North Africa
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Seasons of light: Ramadan through ancient travellers’ eyes
From Mecca and Damascus to Cairo, travellers across the centuries recorded the rhythms of Ramadan, documenting lantern-lit mosques, night prayers,…
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Iran’s Oil State Without Its Architects
The primary threat to Iran’s stability in the medium term may be internal: a slow fragmentation of the elite networks…
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Iran’s Kurds: teased by opportunity, tethered by memory
The US-Israeli bombing of Iran has led to talk of the country’s Kurds joining the fight against the regime in…
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MBS’s Export of Wahhabism
Colonialism and imperialism have never required an army to be effective. If you take a quick look at history’s most…
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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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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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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…
Latest Posts
- North Africa’s Economic Fragility: War in the Gulf Exposes Structural Weaknesses
- Iran’s Retaliatory Campaign and the Collapse of Middle Eastern Stability
- Seasons of light: Ramadan through ancient travellers’ eyes
- Saudi Arabia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Is Another Way for MBS to Consolidate His Power
- Iran’s Oil State Without Its Architects
