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Can Pakistan Sustain Its Rise as the U.S.-Iran Broker, or Is Its Mediation Success Merely Temporary?
Pakistan's emergence as a U.S.-Iran mediator in early 2026 presents a paradox: a genuine diplomatic achievement of considerable sophistication that simultaneously reveals institutional governance...
After the US-Iran Breakthrough, the Real Battle Shifts to Nuclear Talks
The United States and Iran have announced a framework agreement aimed at ending a war that has reshaped Middle Eastern geopolitics, rattled financial markets,...
Can the US-Iran Peace Deal End Lebanon’s Humanitarian Crisis?
The announcement of a preliminary US-Iran agreement has generated cautious optimism in Lebanon, where months of conflict have displaced large portions of the population...
Why the 2026 G7 Summit Could Redefine Western Leadership
Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialized democracies are gathering in France at a pivotal moment for global politics.
The summit takes place...
Has Trump Found an Exit From the Iran War or Simply Frozen a More Dangerous Conflict?
The conflict began after U.S. and Israeli strikes targeted Iranian military and nuclear facilities. Washington framed the campaign as necessary to eliminate Iran's nuclear...
US-Iran Peace Deal Nears as Preliminary Agreement Ends War
After months of conflict that began with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran in February, Washington and Tehran have reached a preliminary agreement aimed...
China’s Private Security Companies in the Middle East: Commercial Actors, Strategic Tools
Chinese PSCs are state-adjacent actors embedded in China’s overseas economic expansion, particularly under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), generating new arenas of US–China...
The War No One Talks About: What Modern Conflict Is Doing to Women and Girls
There is a particular cruelty to the way modern wars are fought. Not just in their scale or their duration, but in what they...
China and Egypt Move to Shield Suez Canal From Iran War Fallout
Chinese intelligence agencies, think tanks, and military establishments focused on the Middle East rely on the pivotal role of the Egyptian army as a...
Chinese Intelligence Targets Organized Crime in Egypt
Chinese intelligence and security agencies view the crackdown on influence thuggery and the arrest of Sabry Nakhnoukh by Egyptian security forces in June 2026...