Middle East & Africa
Misguided Democratization Efforts in Post-War Iraq and Beyond
After the Second World War, the rush to promote democratization across the Third World began in full swing; however, the lasting legacies of these...
Power for Sale: The Middle East as a Geopolitical Marketplace
The Frame Shift That Changes Everything
The language we reach for when describing the Middle East has always been the language of conflict. Proxy wars....
The Talks That Aren’t Happening: Strategic Ambiguity in the US-Iran Standoff
President Trump insists “productive” negotiations with Iran are happening. Iran’s top officials repeatedly deny it. One of them is lying, or both are, or...
Israel Passes Law Enabling Death Penalty for Palestinians
Knesset has passed controversial new legislation that significantly expands the use of capital punishment, particularly for Palestinians in the occupied territories. The law, backed...
UN Peacekeepers Killed as Israel Hits South Lebanon
The killing of three United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon marks a dangerous escalation in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. The troops,...
Yemen Front Opens as Israel Faces Expanding Multi Front War
The conflict in the Middle East has entered a more dangerous phase as Israel reported a second attack originating from Yemen. The interception of...
The War in Iran is not the next World War: How multipolarity is changing the logic of escalation
The Iranian conflict is falling, predictably, into the escalation trap—from what began as a vertically limited, regime-targeting air campaign to a horizontally expanding regional...
The Strait of Hormuz as the New Suez Moment
20% of the world’s oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz, a small chokepoint whose use is now being massively disrupted by war, drone...
The Houthis: Understanding Iran’s strategic partners in Yemen
A missile was launched from Yemen, marking the first detection since the U. S.-Israeli conflict with Iran began about a month ago, according to...
Israel- Hezbollah war: Lebanon’s fragile unity cracks further
The ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah is pushing Lebanon's already fragile state and society toward a breaking point, intensifying sectarian tensions and political...