When Politics Goes into Extra Time: How Trump Turned FIFA into a Battleground of Power
FIFA has now abandoned its controversial plan to sell a stake in World Cup commercial rights, after opposition from Europe and other football confederations...
How the Iran War Led China to Redefine American Power
When Xi Jinping, during his recent meeting with Donald Trump, emphasized that “Taiwan is China’s military red line” and warned that the two powers...
Can Trump Turn a Costly War into a Defining Peace with Iran?
In U.S.–Iran relations, there has been no shortage of “critical moments.” Yet what is unfolding today is of a different nature. Not simply because...
From Ras Tanura to Nakhchivan: Israel and the Riddle of False Flags
The Middle East has witnessed the escalation of one of the most complex conflicts in recent decades over the past two weeks. What began...
How Staying Passive on Iran Could Impact Russia and China
Middle Eastern crises seldom stay localized. They frequently go well beyond the battlefield in terms of politics, strategy, and psychology. Officials in Beijing, Moscow,...
How U.S. Is Turning Iran into China’s Trojan Horse in the Middle East
In recent years, the sanctions regime that the United States and its allies have imposed on Iran and a handful of other countries has...
Israel’s Missile Order in the Middle East: A Geopolitical Challenge for the United States
Israel is rewriting the rules of the game in the Middle East, not through diplomacy, peace treaties, or multilateral negotiations, but by deploying advanced...
MAGA and the New Neoconservatism: The Middle East as the Heartland of a New Global Order
MAGA, short for "Make America Great Again" and the central slogan of the Trump era, is more than just domestic populism. It is a...
Crime Without Punishment: The Narrative Israel Is Constructing
In Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky’s remarkable novel, a man commits murder, and although he escapes the law, he is eventually crushed by the weight...
The Deal of the Century or the Blunder of the Century
In May 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump embarked on a highly publicized trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates—a tour heralded...