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Iraq’s search for a national consolation prize in football

Iraq’s search for a national consolation prize in football

History has not been kind to Iraqis. For more than two decades, they have lived without a single contemporary symbol capable of restoring even a...

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Karam Nama

Europe’s matrix of indifference

Europe’s matrix of indifference

I am angry, and have been for days. This time the reason was not the catastrophic, bleeding injustice of what is happening day after day to our...

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Yvonne Ridley

Islamabad’s Fragile Bargain: Why Tehran and Washington Need the Truce to Hold

Islamabad’s Fragile Bargain: Why Tehran and Washington Need the Truce to Hold

When U.S. and Iranian negotiators left Switzerland on June 22, the important result was not a final peace treaty. Mediators said the two sides had...

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Greg Pence

The Swiss Summit of Imperial Humiliation

The Swiss Summit of Imperial Humiliation

In Switzerland, amid the alpine calm where empires go to perfume panic as diplomacy, Iran delivered another masterclass in the ancient art of refusing...

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Junaid S. Ahmad

FIFA’s Double Standard in Global Geopolitics

FIFA’s Double Standard in Global Geopolitics

The 2026 FIFA World Cup began surrounded by a contradiction that extends far beyond the boundaries of the football pitch. While FIFA insists on...

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Sayid Marcos Tenorio

Insuring oil, shaping power: The hidden geopolitics of Middle East energy

Insuring oil, shaping power: The hidden geopolitics of Middle East energy

For decades, the geopolitics of Middle East energy has been defined by a familiar set of variables: oil reserves, production capacity, strategic...

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Dr Kamran Yeganegi

Lebanon paid the price for a ceasefire that never existed

Lebanon paid the price for a ceasefire that never existed

There are moments in international affairs when language itself becomes part of the violence. Lebanon’s latest tragedy may be one of them. More than...

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

The next Iran? Why Israel’s Turkey anxiety is becoming doctrine

The next Iran? Why Israel’s Turkey anxiety is becoming doctrine

On 17th February, addressing the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, former prime minister Naftali Bennett...

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

The Midnight Bus

The Midnight Bus

In October 1968, at the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, the American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos stood on the medal podium after the 200...

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Nimra Khalil

Medico: Israel’s white phosphorus and glyphosate point back to Germany’s Bayer group

Medico: Israel’s white phosphorus and glyphosate point back to Germany’s Bayer group

Human rights organisation Medico International and the German network “Coordination gegen Bayer-Gefahren“ (Coordination against Bayer Dangers,...

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Leon Wystrychowski

Who, then, will trust Trump

Who, then, will trust Trump
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Karam Nama

The wild card: How Netanyahu could still wreck Washington’s Iran deal

The wild card: How Netanyahu could still wreck Washington’s Iran deal
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Jasim Al-Azzawi

The agreement: Beyond the nuclear file to reshaping the region

The agreement: Beyond the nuclear file to reshaping the region
19.06.2026 40

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Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

Did the boomerang war prove Iran’s power to endure?

Did the boomerang war prove Iran’s power to endure?
19.06.2026 40

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Indonesia needs not only GCC investors, but also bankable green projects

Indonesia needs not only GCC investors, but also bankable green projects
19.06.2026 50

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

When the international community’s absolutes lead to genocide

When the international community’s absolutes lead to genocide
18.06.2026 40

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Ramona Wadi

The boomerang: How America’s semiconductor war backfired

The boomerang: How America’s semiconductor war backfired
18.06.2026 40

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

The U.S.-Iran deal: What has changed and what does this mean for the region?

The U.S.-Iran deal: What has changed and what does this mean for the region?
18.06.2026 40

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Ahmed Asmar

Project Freedom and the end of the Arabs’ automatic “yes” to Washington

Project Freedom and the end of the Arabs’ automatic “yes” to Washington
18.06.2026 50

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Timothy Hopper

Maximum pressure: How Trump spent five years proving Obama was right about Iran

Maximum pressure: How Trump spent five years proving Obama was right about Iran
18.06.2026 60

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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

When the Iran War is over: Why the West Bank may be Netanyahu’s next front

When the Iran War is over: Why the West Bank may be Netanyahu’s next front
18.06.2026 70

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

The war that failed to define Iran

The war that failed to define Iran
17.06.2026 70

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Mahdi Niksefat Motlagh

Iran won, power no longer looks the same

Iran won, power no longer looks the same
17.06.2026 50

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

When peace becomes a media battlefield

When peace becomes a media battlefield
17.06.2026 60

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Ervin Hoskins

The art of the recycled deal: Trump and the outcome Israel cannot tolerate

The art of the recycled deal: Trump and the outcome Israel cannot tolerate
17.06.2026 60

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Jamal Kanj

Call for Hamas de-proscription

Call for Hamas de-proscription
17.06.2026 60

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Pete Gregson

The international community is fast losing its diplomatic relevance

The international community is fast losing its diplomatic relevance
16.06.2026 50

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Ramona Wadi

The new oil fields: Why data centres are becoming strategic assets

The new oil fields: Why data centres are becoming strategic assets
16.06.2026 50

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Dr Kamran Yeganegi

Back to bad beginnings: The Iran-US Memorandum of Understanding

Back to bad beginnings: The Iran-US Memorandum of Understanding
16.06.2026 80

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

Iran needs its peacemaker, not its hardliners

Iran needs its peacemaker, not its hardliners
15.06.2026 50

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

The politics of ‘toxic infotainment’: When the destiny of nations becomes a digital plaything

The politics of ‘toxic infotainment’: When the destiny of nations becomes a digital plaything
15.06.2026 70

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Karam Nama

Indonesia’s cabinet secretary turned Palestine into a public relations campaign

Indonesia’s cabinet secretary turned Palestine into a public relations campaign
15.06.2026 70

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

The Iran-US Agreement and the limits of American hegemony

The Iran-US Agreement and the limits of American hegemony
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Sayid Marcos Tenorio

Echoes of the Lügenpresse: Unmasking Axios and its Israeli ties

Echoes of the Lügenpresse: Unmasking Axios and its Israeli ties
15.06.2026 60

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Dr Sahar Huneidi

Trump’s strategic mistakes in his war against Iran

Trump’s strategic mistakes in his war against Iran
14.06.2026 70

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

My map is not ‘half-seen’, Karam Nama; it’s focused sharply

My map is not ‘half-seen’, Karam Nama; it’s focused sharply
14.06.2026 60

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Yvonne Ridley

Revitalizing Indonesia’s economic diplomacy engine in the Middle East

Revitalizing Indonesia’s economic diplomacy engine in the Middle East
14.06.2026 60

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Ronny P Sasmita

France’s Eastern Mediterranean energy strategy: Between commercial pragmatism and geopolitical ambition

France’s Eastern Mediterranean energy strategy: Between commercial pragmatism and geopolitical ambition
14.06.2026 60

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Dr Umud Shokri

When a brave journalist looks away: Iraq and Yvonne Ridley’s half‑seen map

When a brave journalist looks away: Iraq and Yvonne Ridley’s half‑seen map
13.06.2026 60

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Karam Nama

Can the US host the World Cup while shutting out the Middle East?

Can the US host the World Cup while shutting out the Middle East?
13.06.2026 90

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

The Iran war is exposing the limits of Gulf defence dependence

The Iran war is exposing the limits of Gulf defence dependence
13.06.2026 60

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Olivia Higgins

When children become the primary casualties of wars and conflicts

When children become the primary casualties of wars and conflicts
12.06.2026 60

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Ahmed Asmar

Chile establishes senate friendship group to strengthen historic ties with Palestine

Chile establishes senate friendship group to strengthen historic ties with Palestine
12.06.2026 60

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Eman Abusidu

Can Trump restrain Israel?

Can Trump restrain Israel?
12.06.2026 60

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Norliza Binti Saleh

The Board of Peace extends Israel’s security narrative

The Board of Peace extends Israel’s security narrative
12.06.2026 60

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Ramona Wadi

The Kharg gamble could backfire on America

The Kharg gamble could backfire on America
12.06.2026 70

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Dr Jannus Th Siahaan

Energy diplomacy without energy resources: How some states gain influence without oil and gas

Energy diplomacy without energy resources: How some states gain influence without oil and gas
12.06.2026 60

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Dr Kamran Yeganegi

The FIFA World Cup: Caught on the visa snag

The FIFA World Cup: Caught on the visa snag
12.06.2026 80

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

Palestinian National Council elections and inseparable realities

11.06.2026 70

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Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

Syria’s new buffer zone or the birth of another permanent occupation?

11.06.2026 70

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul