Middle East & Africa
Is the Horn of Africa Becoming the Next Front in the Middle Eastern Power Competition?
The Red Sea no longer separates the Middle East from Africa. It increasingly connects their security problems. Across the Horn of Africa, ports,...
Why Failed Coups Make Sahel Juntas Stronger, Not Weaker
Surviving a coup attempt is not a near-miss for Sahel juntas — it is the mechanism of entrenchment itself: each failed attempt hands the...
Netanyahu’s Coalition Calculus: The Real Reason Gaza’s Ceasefire Keeps Failing
The story of Gaza's collapsing ceasefire is being told as a military story: strikes, violations, body counts. The more accurate story is a domestic...
China and Egypt’s New Power Play: What Xi Jinping’s Cairo Visit Means for the Nile
The timing of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Egypt in September 2026, coinciding with the signing of the (New Strategic Partnership Framework) between...
The Hormuz Trap: American Superiority and the Cost of Iranian Leverage
On 31 August, two supertankers carrying Saudi crude were struck by unknown projectiles within minutes of one another as they sailed out of the...
How Could Iran Retaliate as US Conflict Escalates?
The United States has launched a new wave of attacks on Iran, marking a renewed escalation in a conflict that has remained deadlocked for...
Six Months, Five Mediators: The Diplomacy of the Iran War
On 28 August, six months to the day after American and Israeli aircraft opened the war on Iran, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted that...
China and Egypt: How Strategic Partnership Is Reshaping Egypt’s Modernization
President Xi Jinping pointed out that both China and Egypt are at a critical stage of development and rejuvenation. China has made a good...
Xi Jinping in Cairo: How China Is Deepening Its Strategic Partnership With Egypt
There is a connection between Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Cairo and Egyptian-Chinese cooperation in the fields of intelligence and defense technology, which...
Can a Stabilization Force Function While Israel Keeps Striking Gaza?
On August 17, Jared Kushner, Nickolay Mladenov and other Board of Peace representatives met with Binyamin Netanyahu to discuss the sequencing of Hamas disarmament...