US Exit From Iraq Opens a New Battle for Influence
US forces are set to leave their last bases in Iraq by Wednesday, ending more than two decades of American military presence in the...
Gaza’s Peace Plan Needs Troops. Who Is Willing to Send Them?
A peace plan can be negotiated in conference rooms. Securing it requires someone willing to stand on the ground. Gaza's post-war framework has increasingly...
Europe’s Southern Flank Is the New Eastern Flank, and It Isn’t Defended Like One
An Italian SAMP/T in Estonia
Italy has sent one of its SAMP/T air-defence batteries, Europe’s most capable home-built system, to Estonia as part of NATO’s...
The €200bn Legal War Nobody Thinks Is Still Live
Last December, the EU seemed to have found a way around one of its biggest disagreements over Ukraine. European leaders approved a €90 billion...
Bridging Washington and Beijing: Why the Middle East Needs a Sino-American Coordinator
My previous suggestion to both the American and Chinese sides—as an internationally renowned Egyptian expert on Chinese politics and the policies of the ruling...
Xi Turned Taiwan Arms Sales Into a Subscription Service
The Money That Runs Out Today
At midnight tonight, $300 million that Congress appropriated as military financing for Taiwan expires unused. The State Department was...
Did Trump’s Xi Summit Give China More Than It Gave the US?
US President Donald Trump wanted his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington last week to demonstrate the strength of their personal relationship...
Beyond Mining: Can Brazil’s New Critical Minerals Law Build a Domestic Industry
On 16 September 2026, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed Law No. 15,506, creating Brazil’s National Policy on Critical and Strategic Minerals and...
The Red Line in the Gulf: What Trump’s Rejection of Iran’s Hormuz Plan Actually Tests
On September 26, Donald Trump told reporters outside the White House that he was rejecting a seven-day plan Iran had submitted to reopen the...
Bahrain’s Warning at the UN: The Gulf Emergency the World Is Overlooking
The Gulf is the region's most serious security crisis in decades, Bahrain's Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani said during his address...