Middle East & Africa
After ‘Operation Midnight Hammer’: Israel at the Crossroads of Complexity
Nearly a month has passed since the United States launched Operation Midnight Hammer, a precision strike against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. What began as a...
Israel’s Conservative Counter-Revolution
After its far-right election victory in late 2022, the Netanyahu cabinet’s newly-appointed justice minister, Yariv Levin, claimed that “judicial activism” had ruined public trust...
Gaza: A Genocide in Plain Sight and the World’s Deafening Silence
The Gaza Strip, once densely populated and impoverished, now stands as a tragic emblem of one of the 21st century’s gravest humanitarian crises. Since...
Unity in Pieces: Can Ethiopia Survive Ethnic Federalism?
The Horn of Africa is undergoing a period of profound political transformation, with Ethiopia—by far the region’s demographic and geographic heavyweight—at the center of...
From Natanz to Catastrophe
In June 2025, extensive Israeli attacks—followed by U.S. strikes—on Iran’s nuclear facilities, including key sites at Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan, once again brought the...
Why does the Algerian state harbor such deep hostility toward Morocco?
It is worth underscoring that this question continues to resurface persistently within diplomatic circles and international public opinion, as it puzzles seasoned observers of...
51 Precision Strikes in Somalia: U.S. Forces Defending Forward, Respecting Sovereignty
Defending Forward, Respecting Sovereignty
The U.S. military carried out 51 airstrikes in Somalia from January through mid-July 2025. This strike activity—averaging just over two strikes...
Alarm Bells Sounding in Syria
Since the collapse of the Assad regime in December, Syrians have been free to breath and dream, again. This moment, however, did come cheaply,...
The Chinese stance on the Moroccan Sahara shifts from neutrality to subtle backing of sovereignty
The Moroccan Sahara dispute is one of the most persistent and complex regional conflicts in North Africa, lasting over forty years. This ongoing disagreement...
Crisis as Opportunity: China and Iran’s High-Stakes Gamble
If we are going to make an overview of what is going on now through the lens of the so-called dangerous opportunity, we can...