Middle East & Africa
Beyond Diplomacy: Why the OIC Women’s Conference in Islamabad Matters
At a time when global attention is consumed by wars, economic uncertainty, climate challenges, and geopolitical rivalry, international cooperation on women's empowerment and inclusive...
Control and Conquest: Israel, Lebanon, and the Automated Erosion of Sovereignty
Israel’s battles in the Middle East show no signs of stopping as we move into the second half of the year. Bombs continue to...
Netanyahu’s Defiance and the Global Populist Challenge
Israel’s government has crossed a line that previous governments had avoided. In early July 2026, the cabinet openly declared that it would not recognize...
Who Is Allowed to Coordinate in the Middle East Crisis
In late May, with the talks to end the Iran war stalled, the US president threatened to blow up Oman if it did not,...
Why US Middle East Policy Keeps Failing, From Iraq to Iran
The Middle East - for many Western observers - is something akin to Long Covid. One day you believe you are through the worst...
Renewed Gulf Hostilities, Elevated Regional and Global Uncertainty
The United States and Iran traded new attacks overnight into Thursday, intensifying an exchange that has threatened the collapse of their agreement to end...
Is a Turkey–Israel War Actually Coming?
In March, Israeli F-35s struck three sites in central Syria that Turkish planners had quietly earmarked for a future airbase. No Turkish soldier had...
Is Iran Turning the Strait of Hormuz Into a Permanent Toll Gate?
Tehran has stopped trying to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. It is trying to own it. That distinction, more than any ceasefire announcement or...
The Making of a War: A Political Discourse Analysis of the 2026 U.S.-Iran War
Donning a white cap that reads in capital letters U S A, President Donald Trump announced the launch of “major combat operations in Iran”...
Is the Clock Finally Striking the Hour of ‘the African Moment’?
In his 1998 chronicle of the Rwandan genocide, journalist Philip Gourevitch calls Africa a region that generates major catastrophes, ‘but don’t really make meaningful...