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How the Middle East Can Build Its Own Concert System After Iran’s 2026 Strike
The large-scale Iranian missile and drone attacks across the Middle East in March 2026 could be an inflection point. Although the immediate military outcome...
Iran’s Ballistic Missile Capabilities: Range, Precision, and Reach
Iranian missiles and drones have been attacking important energy facilities and other sites in Gulf countries and the Middle East for nearly three weeks...
Russia Claims Full Control of Luhansk Region
The Russian Defence Ministry announced on Wednesday that its forces had taken full control of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, including the last...
Israel Adopts Controversial Death Penalty Law for Palestinians
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have voiced alarm over a newly passed Israeli law that makes the death penalty the default sentence for...
Misreading Iran: Why Trump’s War Strategy Has Reached a Dead End
From the outset, the war against Iran has been marked by a striking absence of strategic clarity. Despite repeated claims of military success, the...
US Signals Exit as Iran War Escalates Across Gulf
The United States has signaled that the war with Iran may be approaching a turning point, with President Donald Trump indicating a potential withdrawal...
Global Tensions 2026: War, Economics, and the Human Cost of Power
Escalating Conflict in the Middle East: Iran at the Epicenter
The ongoing Iran conflict, now extending into its second month, has evolved into a multi-layered...
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...
Turning the Tide: How Ocean Cooperation Can Reduce Global Conflict
The world’s oceans are increasingly fraught with tension. Shipping lanes are blocked, seabed cables and pipelines sabotaged, migrants risk perilous sea passages, fish populations...