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Colombia to restore relations with Israel and halt embassy plans in Palestine

Colombia to restore relations with Israel and halt embassy plans in Palestine

Colombia’s incoming government is preparing to reverse one of the most significant foreign policy shifts of President Gustavo Petro’s...

yesterday 20

Middle East Monitor

Eman Abusidu

Indonesia cannot claim solidarity with Palestine while it maintains ties with Elbit

Indonesia cannot claim solidarity with Palestine while it maintains ties with Elbit

A photograph is circulating from the Farnborough International Airshow in England, held from 20 to 24 July. It shows Lieutenant General Rui F.G.P....

yesterday 40

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

In Middle East energy, flexibility is the new power

In Middle East energy, flexibility is the new power

From attacks on shipping in the Red Sea to repeated threats around the Strait of Hormuz, the Middle East’s energy arteries are under growing...

yesterday 40

Middle East Monitor

Dr Kamran Yeganegi

Smart Glasses That Strip the World Bare — And Strip Us With It

Smart Glasses That Strip the World Bare — And Strip Us With It

For decades, travellers returning from Europe to the Middle East carried stories that were more fantasy than fact—tales shaped not by reality but by...

yesterday 30

Middle East Monitor

Karam Nama

The bombing of Iran paused at the edge of a different war

The bombing of Iran paused at the edge of a different war

For two nights after US Central Command announced a 13th consecutive night of strikes, it issued no announcement of fresh attacks on Iran. Yet...

yesterday 30

Middle East Monitor

Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

America Is Playing Iran’s Game

America Is Playing Iran’s Game

For much of the past four decades, the strategic debate over Iran has revolved around one recurring assumption that Tehran is a fundamentally reactive...

previous day 60

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Dr Jannus Th Siahaan

Enrichment Antics: Trump’s Saudi Nuclear Deal

Enrichment Antics: Trump’s Saudi Nuclear Deal

The Israelis had their jaws dropping and dragging on the grounds.  The Saudis were cock-a-hoop.  The Trump administration remains, as it always...

previous day 40

Middle East Monitor

Dr Binoy Kampmark

The UN returns to Damascus at the edge of reconstruction

The UN returns to Damascus at the edge of reconstruction

Seventeen years. That is how long it has been since a sitting United Nations Secretary-General last set foot in Damascus. When António Guterres’...

previous day 40

Middle East Monitor

Kurniawan Arif Maspul

US–Saudi nuclear deal: The road to a nuclear Middle East?

US–Saudi nuclear deal: The road to a nuclear Middle East?

The recent civil nuclear agreement between the US and Saudi Arabia has jolted the global nuclear non-proliferation regime. The agreement veers off the...

previous day 40

Middle East Monitor

Hamza Zaman

The spark in Tell: How a village resistance disrupted Israel’s West Bank strategy

The spark in Tell: How a village resistance disrupted Israel’s West Bank strategy
saturday 40

Middle East Monitor

Dr Ramzy Baroud

Nablus: When the killer becomes the victim

Nablus: When the killer becomes the victim
saturday 40

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Tamer Ajrami

Why Pakistan must choose active neutrality in the Iran-US war

Why Pakistan must choose active neutrality in the Iran-US war
saturday 50

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Mansoor Qaisar

Trust before pipelines: Why credibility has become the Middle East’s most valuable energy asset

Trust before pipelines: Why credibility has become the Middle East’s most valuable energy asset
saturday 60

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Dr Kamran Yeganegi

The US–Saudi nuclear deal: An energy partnership caught in a diplomatic ultimatum

The US–Saudi nuclear deal: An energy partnership caught in a diplomatic ultimatum
24.07.2026 40

Middle East Monitor

Dr Umud Shokri

Prabowo keeps lying on Palestine

Prabowo keeps lying on Palestine
24.07.2026 40

Middle East Monitor

Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Regime change or the end of Iran? Washington and Jerusalem are not chasing the same war

Regime change or the end of Iran? Washington and Jerusalem are not chasing the same war
24.07.2026 40

Middle East Monitor

Jasim Al-Azzawi

The nuclear leash: Washington’s deal to put Saudi Arabia back in its place

The nuclear leash: Washington’s deal to put Saudi Arabia back in its place
24.07.2026 40

Middle East Monitor

Junaid S. Ahmad

A reading of US national security strategies

A reading of US national security strategies
23.07.2026 40

Middle East Monitor

Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

Israel shows there is no limit to the imagination of colonial violence

Israel shows there is no limit to the imagination of colonial violence
23.07.2026 40

Middle East Monitor

Ramona Wadi

Riyadh’s energy horizon and the dawn of a more equal future

Riyadh’s energy horizon and the dawn of a more equal future
23.07.2026 40

Middle East Monitor

Kurniawan Arif Maspul

The geopolitics of energy reconstruction: Who will rebuild the Middle East’s damaged energy systems?

The geopolitics of energy reconstruction: Who will rebuild the Middle East’s damaged energy systems?
23.07.2026 50

Middle East Monitor

Dr Kamran Yeganegi

Modish blockades: The Houthis, Trump and expanding the war

Modish blockades: The Houthis, Trump and expanding the war
23.07.2026 50

Middle East Monitor

Dr Binoy Kampmark

Why does Saudi Arabia tolerate the Houthis as a dagger in its side?

Why does Saudi Arabia tolerate the Houthis as a dagger in its side?
23.07.2026 50

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Karam Nama

Is it just about AIPAC’s money, or does the US-Israel rot run far deeper?

Is it just about AIPAC’s money, or does the US-Israel rot run far deeper?
23.07.2026 70

Middle East Monitor

Dr Ramzy Baroud

Oslo on the Strait of Hormuz

Oslo on the Strait of Hormuz
22.07.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Junaid S. Ahmad

Burnham and Al-Turabi: The surprise of decentralisation in politics

Burnham and Al-Turabi: The surprise of decentralisation in politics
22.07.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Adel Hamedi

Khalil al-Hayya’s election reveals the Hamas of the post-war era

Khalil al-Hayya’s election reveals the Hamas of the post-war era
22.07.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Sayid Marcos Tenorio

The road to normalising colonial expansion in Gaza

The road to normalising colonial expansion in Gaza
21.07.2026 50

Middle East Monitor

Ramona Wadi

Bab el-Mandeb and the coming age of chokepoint warfare

Bab el-Mandeb and the coming age of chokepoint warfare
21.07.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Beyond the Strait of Hormuz: Refining capacity and product-market vulnerability

Beyond the Strait of Hormuz: Refining capacity and product-market vulnerability
21.07.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Dr Umud Shokri

El-Sisi pushes ahead with Egypt’s militarisation

El-Sisi pushes ahead with Egypt’s militarisation
21.07.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Mahmoud Hassan

The Normandy logic behind Trump’s escalation against Iran

The Normandy logic behind Trump’s escalation against Iran
20.07.2026 70

Middle East Monitor

Timothy Hopper

Eleven children are dead in Algeria, where is the outrage?

Eleven children are dead in Algeria, where is the outrage?
20.07.2026 70

Middle East Monitor

Jwan Zreiq

The UK has a new prime minister, now it must act on Palestine

The UK has a new prime minister, now it must act on Palestine
20.07.2026 70

Middle East Monitor

Tasnim Nazeer

Zero hour in Baghdad

Zero hour in Baghdad
20.07.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Jasim Al-Azzawi

Indonesia’s decision to deport a Palestinian activist is a moral failure

Indonesia’s decision to deport a Palestinian activist is a moral failure
20.07.2026 70

Middle East Monitor

Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

The Rise of Energy Finance Diplomacy

The Rise of Energy Finance Diplomacy

Solar panels, wind turbines, batteries and hydrogen technologies are advancing rapidly. But deploying them at scale requires enormous amounts of...

20.07.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Dr Kamran Yeganegi

Al-Jawahiri… and a Statue That Does Not Recognise Him

Al-Jawahiri… and a Statue That Does Not Recognise Him

Because I belong to a generation that never lived through the era of Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri when he was truly Iraqi, I knew him as many others...

20.07.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Karam Nama

After Gaza, who represents Palestine?

After Gaza, who represents Palestine?

More than a thousand days of war on Gaza have destroyed far more than cities, hospitals and refugee camps. They have also exposed the exhaustion of a...

18.07.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Sayid Marcos Tenorio

Monuments without a country: Indonesia’s empty gesture to Palestine

Monuments without a country: Indonesia’s empty gesture to Palestine

Madrid played host this week to a strange piece of theater. Ministers gathered to talk about rebuilding Palestinian culture — its cinema, its...

18.07.2026 70

Middle East Monitor

Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

The battle of Palestinian and Israeli narratives in Indonesia

The battle of Palestinian and Israeli narratives in Indonesia

The Middle East conflict, particularly the long-running struggle between Palestine and Israel, has never been a distant geopolitical issue for...

18.07.2026 70

Middle East Monitor

Ronny P Sasmita

Architects of Peace, Contractors of War

Architects of Peace, Contractors of War

Diplomacy is sometimes less the art of ending war than the art of transferring responsibility for it. Many agreements born in quiet negotiating rooms...

17.07.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Greg Pence

America’s war on international justice

America’s war on international justice

There is something revealing about the way Washington talks about international law. When the law moves against an adversary, it becomes the language...

17.07.2026 70

Middle East Monitor

Jenny Williams

The legacy of Professor John Esposito: The scholar who refused to turn Islam into an enemy

The legacy of Professor John Esposito: The scholar who refused to turn Islam into an enemy

There are scholars who interpret the world, scholars who flatter it, and scholars who quietly make it less cruel. John L. Esposito belonged...

17.07.2026 70

Middle East Monitor

Junaid S. Ahmad

The logic of staying: Why Hezbollah and Amal will not resign

The question circulating across Lebanese political commentary since the signing of the Washington framework agreement is straightforward: if Hezbollah...

16.07.2026 80

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Ali Salman

When does observation become a humiliating spectacle?

Last week, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA) led a virtual visit to Al Mawasi,...

16.07.2026 70

Middle East Monitor

Ramona Wadi

Trump’s board made Gaza the most dangerous place on earth to be a child

Mohamed al-Wahidi, 57 years old, a husband, father and grandfather, spent his days doing what aid workers do in a place with almost nothing left:...

16.07.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Jamal Kanj

Is the region paying a heavy price for Trump’s personal interests?

President Donald Trump’s administration has been accused of waging war against Iran on Israel’s behalf. Israel had made no secret of its...

16.07.2026 70

Middle East Monitor

Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

Sitting ducks: Why the US security umbrella no longer protects the Gulf?

In Kuwait alone—less than 150 kilometres across the Gulf from Iran—the United States maintains a major military hub of approximately 13,500...

16.07.2026 80

Middle East Monitor

Dr Mustafa Fetouri

The not-so-secret Israeli strategy: This is the real Gaza plan

Here is the bottom line: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of leaving Gaza, either before Israel’s general...

15.07.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Dr Ramzy Baroud