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Apple… The Digital Strait of Hormuz

Apple… The Digital Strait of Hormuz

I return to my favourite writer, John Thornhill, and borrow from him that rare glint of insight. When he replaced the Strait of Hormuz with Apple, the...

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Karam Nama

Israel’s Inevitable Failure to Disarm Hezbollah

Israel’s Inevitable Failure to Disarm Hezbollah

Since the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon to expel the PLO, Hezbollah has been a thorn in Israel’s side. Born of that very invasion, the Party —...

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Why the United States should pursue a long-term agreement and security partnership with Iran

Why the United States should pursue a long-term agreement and security partnership with Iran

Look, the Middle East keeps being this expensive, messy headache for American foreign policy. It’s unstable, it drains resources, and it keeps...

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Peter Rodgers

If holy sites can be levelled, what’s next for international law?

If holy sites can be levelled, what’s next for international law?

On the first day of May, in the quiet southern Lebanese village of Yaroun, a monastery that had stood for generations disappeared in a cloud of dust....

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

The Alliance Breaker: How Trump Is Torching the West’s Friendships

The Alliance Breaker: How Trump Is Torching the West’s Friendships

Something remarkable is happening in the corridors of Western power. America’s closest allies are no longer whispering their frustrations behind...

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

The silent pipeline wars: Who is drawing the new gas map of the Middle East?

The silent pipeline wars: Who is drawing the new gas map of the Middle East?

In today’s Middle East, competition over energy resources is no longer confined to oil and gas fields; it is increasingly centered on routes—and...

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Dr Kamran Yeganegi

Instead of indirectly insulting Yemen, Prabowo should be building relations with it

Instead of indirectly insulting Yemen, Prabowo should be building relations with it

At a high-profile industrial groundbreaking event in Central Java, President Prabowo Subianto responded sharply to critics who describe Indonesia as...

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

The US–Iran impasse: Who stands to lose more?

The US–Iran impasse: Who stands to lose more?

By the end of this month, US–Iran negotiations had reached a near stalemate, following rounds of talks in Islamabad and Muscat that failed to...

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Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

Flotilla Defiance, Zionist Terror, and the Cowardice of Muslim Regimes

Flotilla Defiance, Zionist Terror, and the Cowardice of Muslim Regimes
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Junaid S. Ahmad

When a ceasefire becomes an offensive system

When a ceasefire becomes an offensive system
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Mahdi Motlagh

Who truly faces an existential threat?

Who truly faces an existential threat?
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Ramona Wadi

The disaggregation of OPEC’s Gulf production coalition: UAE’s exit and the unravelling of the Arab oil order

The disaggregation of OPEC’s Gulf production coalition: UAE’s exit and the unravelling of the Arab oil order
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Irvan maulana

Greater Israel: Coming soon to a neighbour near you; lines may change without notice

Greater Israel: Coming soon to a neighbour near you; lines may change without notice
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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

America as a war economy: Eisenhower’s warning that still runs Washington

America as a war economy: Eisenhower’s warning that still runs Washington
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Tamer Ajrami

The pendulum swings: The slow death of Europe’s pro-Israel consensus

The pendulum swings: The slow death of Europe’s pro-Israel consensus
29.04.2026 40

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

Bab el-Mandeb cannot become a gateway for recognition politics

Bab el-Mandeb cannot become a gateway for recognition politics
29.04.2026 20

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Iran does not stand alone – China and Russia create restraint

Iran does not stand alone – China and Russia create restraint
29.04.2026 40

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Ranjan Solomon

How St. Petersburg became Tehran’s last strategic lifeline

How St. Petersburg became Tehran’s last strategic lifeline
29.04.2026 40

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Dr Jannus Th Siahaan

Trump’s Hormuz illusion: Why American oil will not protect US households

Trump’s Hormuz illusion: Why American oil will not protect US households
29.04.2026 40

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Ervin hoskins

The cards they cannot play: Iran, America and the trap of unusable leverage

The cards they cannot play: Iran, America and the trap of unusable leverage
29.04.2026 50

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Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

The Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza — A cry at sea to the world’s dormant conscience

The Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza — A cry at sea to the world’s dormant conscience
29.04.2026 60

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Jamal Kanj

Ideas of expulsion: Trump, NATO and Spain

Ideas of expulsion: Trump, NATO and Spain
28.04.2026 50

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

Trump, the creator of national heroes and global icons

Trump, the creator of national heroes and global icons
28.04.2026 50

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

How the UN maintains Gaza as an exception to the detriment of the Palestinian people

How the UN maintains Gaza as an exception to the detriment of the Palestinian people
28.04.2026 50

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Ramona Wadi

Diplomacy by absence: How Donald Trump’s cancelled visits reshaped US engagement in the Middle East

Diplomacy by absence: How Donald Trump’s cancelled visits reshaped US engagement in the Middle East
28.04.2026 60

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Dr Ismail Adaramola

The US-Israel war on Iran: Objectives, strategy, and escalation management

The US-Israel war on Iran: Objectives, strategy, and escalation management
27.04.2026 30

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Zahra Niazi

Pakistan’s pageant, Washington’s whim, Iran’s refusal

Pakistan’s pageant, Washington’s whim, Iran’s refusal
27.04.2026 50

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Junaid S. Ahmad

Hormuz is the war’s invoice—and Washington can’t pay it

Hormuz is the war’s invoice—and Washington can’t pay it
27.04.2026 50

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Tamer Ajrami

What a president, a movie star, a congressman, and a cell phone all dared to say

What a president, a movie star, a congressman, and a cell phone all dared to say
27.04.2026 60

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

War…Netanyahu’s perfect definition of himself. So who will define him by peace?

War…Netanyahu’s perfect definition of himself. So who will define him by peace?
26.04.2026 60

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Karam Nama

Sheikh Jarrah: How ceasefires enable Israel’s quiet annexation

Sheikh Jarrah: How ceasefires enable Israel’s quiet annexation
26.04.2026 60

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Farwa imtiaz

What if the West has been misreading Iran for 40 years?

What if the West has been misreading Iran for 40 years?
26.04.2026 70

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Power, justice, and the decolonization of the global order

Power, justice, and the decolonization of the global order
26.04.2026 60

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Ranjan Solomon

Indonesia–Saudi power play: Why ACWA–Danantara must move beyond the MoU

Indonesia–Saudi power play: Why ACWA–Danantara must move beyond the MoU
26.04.2026 60

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Bhima Yudhistira

The Iranian people are not waiting to thank Trump

The Iranian people are not waiting to thank Trump
24.04.2026 40

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Michael harrison

Experts doubt on Milei’s push for the “Isaac Accords” in Israel’s favour

Experts doubt on Milei’s push for the “Isaac Accords” in Israel’s favour
24.04.2026 80

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Eman Abusidu

Defiling statues of Jesus: Israel’s counterfeit outrage at cultural vandalism

Defiling statues of Jesus: Israel’s counterfeit outrage at cultural vandalism
24.04.2026 60

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

Has gas replaced oil? LNG geopolitics in a Middle East at war

Has gas replaced oil? LNG geopolitics in a Middle East at war
24.04.2026 50

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Dr Kamran Yeganegi

When Lebanon’s ceasefire still hunts journalists, truth becomes prey

When Lebanon’s ceasefire still hunts journalists, truth becomes prey
24.04.2026 60

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Starving the militias: Washington’s smartest move against Iran’s proxies

Starving the militias: Washington’s smartest move against Iran’s proxies
24.04.2026 60

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

The mandate to speak: Before the world goes dark

The mandate to speak: Before the world goes dark
23.04.2026 50

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Dr Sahar Huneidi

A Strategic Risk and Legal Ambiguity: A Managed Confrontation in Hormuz

A Strategic Risk and Legal Ambiguity: A Managed Confrontation in Hormuz

U.S. President Donald Trump was forced to extend the ceasefire, originally set to expire on April 22, after Washington and Tehran failed to agree on a...

23.04.2026 60

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Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

Is the EU willing to deconstruct colonialism and its role in maintaining it?

Is the EU willing to deconstruct colonialism and its role in maintaining it?

Sanctions, deemed effective by the EU when applied so swiftly to Russia and Iran, do not have the same effect when it comes to Israel, according to EU...

23.04.2026 60

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Ramona Wadi

Lebanon after the ceasefire: Power recalibrated, law further eroded

Lebanon after the ceasefire: Power recalibrated, law further eroded

“Pity the nation that is divided into fragments, each fragment deeming itself a nation.” The ceasefire in Lebanon is not a diplomatic success. It...

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Ranjan Solomon

A Ceasefire Without Meaning and a Strait Without Horizon: How the War Betrayed Iranian Hopes

A Ceasefire Without Meaning and a Strait Without Horizon: How the War Betrayed Iranian Hopes

 The recent statement by U.S. President Donald Trump about Iran’s financial losses from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is less a policy...

23.04.2026 60

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Karam Nama

Confusion, Delusion, and How Israel Drives the Iran War

Confusion, Delusion, and How Israel Drives the Iran War

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the temporary ceasefire is the culmination of an American policy defined by strategic incoherence. At...

23.04.2026 50

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Jamal Kanj

Reinventing the Gulf towards strategic neutrality

Reinventing the Gulf towards strategic neutrality

The joint United States and Israeli military attacks and Iran’s subsequent retaliation have exposed a structural vulnerability at the heart of the...

23.04.2026 60

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Mohamed amersi

After the ceasefire illusion: Why Gaza’s “Day After” still has no buyer?

After the ceasefire illusion: Why Gaza’s “Day After” still has no buyer?

The international community remains fixated on a phantom: Gaza’s “Day After.” While Washington, Cairo, and Doha debate elaborate governance...

23.04.2026 70

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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

Indefinite ceasefire is a strategic defeat for the US in the face of Iran

Indefinite ceasefire is a strategic defeat for the US in the face of Iran

The decision by Donald Trump to unilaterally announce an indefinite extension of the ceasefire with Iran, without any request from Tehran, reveals...

22.04.2026 60

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Sayid Marcos Tenorio

Iran war used as a pretext for harsh measures in Egypt

Iran war used as a pretext for harsh measures in Egypt

The Egyptian government has launched a media campaign featuring prominent actors and footballers, urging people to stay at home and reduce energy...

22.04.2026 60

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Mahmoud Hassan