Advancing Stability and Opportunity in the Middle East and North Africa
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Operation Epic Fury and the Unravelling of Middle Eastern Order
Five weeks into the most consequential military confrontation in the Middle East since 2003, the war between the United States,…
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MBS’s Neocolonial Push Amidst the Iran-US Firestorm
The missiles hitting Iranian soil since March 2026 are not Mohammed bin Salman’s (MBS) weapons. They don’t need to be,…
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North Africa’s Economic Fragility: War in the Gulf Exposes Structural Weaknesses
North Africa entered 2026 with cautious economic momentum. Combined GDP growth across Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania had…
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Iran’s Retaliatory Campaign and the Collapse of Middle Eastern Stability
The US-Israeli strikes on Iran that began on February 28, 2026, under the codename Operation Epic Fury, were designed to…
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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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After the Twelve Days: The Israel-Iran Ceasefire and the Remaking of Middle Eastern Security
Two months after the ceasefire that ended the Twelve-Day War between Israel and Iran, the Middle East is grappling with…
