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Whose interests is the Board of Peace serving?

Whose interests is the Board of Peace serving?

The Board of Peace High Representative for Gaza Nickolay Mladenov once again altered his rhetoric after Hamas announced its agreement to disarm, which...

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Ramona Wadi

Trump says Hamas has agreed to disarm. The negotiations tell a different story

Trump says Hamas has agreed to disarm. The negotiations tell a different story

US President Donald Trump declared that Hamas had agreed to lay down its arms, and much of the international media echoed the announcement as though a...

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Sayid Marcos Tenorio

China’s shield is keeping Iran in the fight

China’s shield is keeping Iran in the fight

The quiet arrival of hundreds of Chinese shoulder-fired air defense missiles in Iran marks a decisive inflection point in the high-stakes...

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Dr Jannus Th Siahaan

The geopolitics of energy redundancy: Why the Middle East’s new power lies in backup systems

The geopolitics of energy redundancy: Why the Middle East’s new power lies in backup systems

The renewed instability surrounding the Red Sea, recurring security concerns in the Strait of Hormuz and repeated attacks on critical maritime...

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Dr Kamran Yeganegi

Paying the Warlords: The Cynical Economics of EU Border Control in Libya

Paying the Warlords: The Cynical Economics of EU Border Control in Libya

As the European Union seeks to further fortify its external borders, its Home Affairs Council met in Luxembourg on June 8 to finalize a common policy...

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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

Walking the Tightrope Between Tehran and Riyadh

Walking the Tightrope Between Tehran and Riyadh

Donald Trump threatened Iran with another strike, then called it off within hours — at the request, he said, of Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar. He...

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Mansoor Qaisar

Prabowo’s false claim about Iran’s nuclear weapons will cost him in the Middle East

Prabowo’s false claim about Iran’s nuclear weapons will cost him in the Middle East

On 1 August, at a business forum in Jakarta, President Prabowo Subianto told a room of executives that Iran already has nuclear weapons, and that a...

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Ceuta shows how the worldwide migrant crisis has been weaponised by propagandists.

Ceuta shows how the worldwide migrant crisis has been weaponised by propagandists.

Stark images of thousands of migrants swarming across Africa’s border with Europe during the Ceuta crisis appeared heaven sent...

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Nabila Ramdani

Between Tehran’s Defiance and Trump’s Volatility: When Falsehood Becomes Political Reality

Between Tehran’s Defiance and Trump’s Volatility: When Falsehood Becomes Political Reality

The world today feels as if it is being governed by two master fabulists—Tehran and Donald Trump—each bending reality in his own way, each forcing...

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Karam Nama

From the Gulf to the Mediterranean: Energy infrastructure in the line of fire

From the Gulf to the Mediterranean: Energy infrastructure in the line of fire

On 29th July 2026, a suspected drone struck the Energos Winter, a US-owned floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), at Egypt’s Damietta...

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Dr Umud Shokri

Football Lucre: The Revolt Against Infantino’s Funding Plans

Football Lucre: The Revolt Against Infantino’s Funding Plans

It is a stew of inedible quality.  But eat it we are expected to do.  Consider the stomach-churning ingredients.  FIFA, an opaque organisation of...

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

The long shadow of 1973: Why “energy memory” is reshaping global diplomacy

The long shadow of 1973: Why “energy memory” is reshaping global diplomacy

Crises end. Institutions remember. On an autumn morning in October 1973, motorists across Europe and North America queued for hours outside petrol...

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Dr Kamran Yeganegi

Iran’s missile campaign exposed the limits of Western deterrence

Iran’s missile campaign exposed the limits of Western deterrence

On 28th February, 2026, Iran launched Operation “True Promise-4,” a wave of ballistic missiles and drones into Israeli airspace. The strikes were...

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Ayeza Areej

For the first time, money is not the issue

For the first time, money is not the issue

In modern history, rarely has there been a moment of global consensus quite like this: an absolute, unified rejection by football confederations...

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Karam Nama

Malaysia’s Israel Ban Policy is not Washington’s to Dictate

Malaysia’s Israel Ban Policy is not Washington’s to Dictate

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim recently made it clear that any Israeli nationals found in Malaysia would be deported immediately. This comes after...

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Muhammad Azhar Mohamad

Data shows Indonesia is still importing from Israel, in the middle of a genocide, until now

Data shows Indonesia is still importing from Israel, in the middle of a genocide, until now

Indonesia’s own Ministry of Trade has published data showing the country is still importing goods from Israel today, in 2026, almost three years...

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

FIFA has a Gianni Infantino problem

FIFA has a Gianni Infantino problem

There are sentences one never expected to write. Here is one: Sepp Blatter is beginning to look good. That is quite an accomplishment by Gianni...

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Ziyad Motala

The West Bank on a Powder Keg

The West Bank on a Powder Keg

The pace of settler attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank has escalated to the point where their consequences are becoming increasingly...

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Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

Disarming settlers barely scratches the surface of Israel’s colonial violence

Disarming settlers barely scratches the surface of Israel’s colonial violence

At the UN Security Council on Tuesday this week, Palestinian Permanent Observer Riyad Mansour called for “a strong international response before it...

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Ramona Wadi

From Tehran to Riyadh: How Israel Draws the Red Lines America Can’t Cross

From Tehran to Riyadh: How Israel Draws the Red Lines America Can’t Cross

Israel dragged America into another war, then sat back on the spectator bench and watched U.S. taxpayers foot the bill. Borrowed money burned into...

30.07.2026 60

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Jamal Kanj

The Death Count Trap: Why Tallying Victims Won’t Stop Israel’s Genocide

The Death Count Trap: Why Tallying Victims Won’t Stop Israel’s Genocide

The words ‘killed’, ‘injured’, ‘maimed’, and the like often lose a great part of their meaning when they are repeated so relentlessly....

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

When Washington buried a war maker

When Washington buried a war maker

Today, as the flags fly at half-staff over the United States Capitol, Benjamin Netanyahu sits in the pews of Washington’s National Cathedral, paying...

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Can disability become the next soft power tool in Indonesia-MENA ties?

Can disability become the next soft power tool in Indonesia-MENA ties?

A ministerial meeting in Amman last week barely registered outside Jordan’s own newswires. An Indonesian government delegation sat down with...

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Confronting the occupation’s violence strategically

Confronting the occupation’s violence strategically

A Palestinian took the invaders’ weapon, turning it against them to defend his homeland. Immediately hordes of settlers attacked Palestinian towns...

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Alain Alameddine

Instability in MENA is making migrants more vulnerable to new forms of trafficking

Instability in MENA is making migrants more vulnerable to new forms of trafficking

Trafficking in persons remains one of the most pervasive and devastating crimes of our time. In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the scale...

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Othman Belbeisi

The US–Iran pause in strikes: A window for sustainable peace?

The US–Iran pause in strikes: A window for sustainable peace?

In international politics, silence can sometimes speak louder than explosions. When two long-standing adversaries such as the United States and Iran...

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Dr Ismail Adaramola

Beyond a ‘Muslim NATO’: Pakistan and the Middle East’s Emerging Security Order

Beyond a ‘Muslim NATO’: Pakistan and the Middle East’s Emerging Security Order

For decades, I watched Pakistan’s military relationship with the Middle East unfold largely away from the headlines. Pakistani officers trained Gulf...

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Mansoor Qaisar

The Abrahamic trap: Why linking the US–Saudi nuclear pact to normalisation is a geopolitical mirage

The Abrahamic trap: Why linking the US–Saudi nuclear pact to normalisation is a geopolitical mirage

The ink on the multi-decade US–Saudi civil nuclear cooperation agreement had barely dried in Washington when the architecture of modern Middle...

29.07.2026 50

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Ronny P Sasmita

Settler violence and the new Nakba in the West Bank

Settler violence and the new Nakba in the West Bank

The events unfolding in the occupied West Bank can no longer be understood merely as a succession of settler attacks or isolated outbreaks of...

29.07.2026 50

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Sayid Marcos Tenorio

MBS vs MBZ: the acrimonious battle of the Mohammeds that will define the Gulf’s future

MBS vs MBZ: the acrimonious battle of the Mohammeds that will define the Gulf’s future

The deal between the US and Saudi Arabia to help the Gulf kingdom develop nuclear energy is a coup for Mohammed bin Salman. Some observers believe he...

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Mohamed Amersi

The Field Marshal’s expiring warranty

The Field Marshal’s expiring warranty

Strongmen are not discarded because they become brutal. Brutality is often the job description. They are discarded when brutality stops delivering....

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Junaid S. Ahmad

The colonial context matters in Gaza’s food insecurity

The colonial context matters in Gaza’s food insecurity

A joint press release by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) gave an overview of the current food...

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Ramona Wadi

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...

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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....

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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...

27.07.2026 60

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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...

27.07.2026 60

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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...

27.07.2026 60

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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...

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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...

26.07.2026 60

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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’...

26.07.2026 60

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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...

26.07.2026 60

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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
25.07.2026 60

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

Nablus: When the killer becomes the victim

Nablus: When the killer becomes the victim
25.07.2026 60

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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
25.07.2026 60

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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
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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 50

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Dr Umud Shokri

Prabowo keeps lying on Palestine

Prabowo keeps lying on Palestine
24.07.2026 50

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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 50

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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 60

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Junaid S. Ahmad

A reading of US national security strategies

23.07.2026 60

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Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini