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Israeli circus in the UN General Assembly

Israeli circus in the UN General Assembly

The Israeli occupation leadership has long been accustomed to staging bizarre spectacles on some of the world’s most prominent international...

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Hossam Shaker

How Gaza’s genocide is reshaping U.S. domestic politics

How Gaza’s genocide is reshaping U.S. domestic politics

To claim that Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza has fundamentally changed the internal politics of the United States and the wider world might be an...

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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

While Gaza dominates the UN, these are the people keeping it alive

While Gaza dominates the UN, these are the people keeping it alive

When I first saw footage of Gaza doctor Munir al-Bursh and his family kneeling beside the white-shrouded body of his son, surrounded by mourners, I...

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

Takfirism or J.Lo: The theology of regime survival

Takfirism or J.Lo: The theology of regime survival

For years, Mohammed bin Salman appeared determined to prove that Saudi Arabia could be modernized by exchanging the stern face of clerical authority...

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Junaid S. Ahmad

The cost of Trump’s “no” at Hormuz

The cost of Trump’s “no” at Hormuz

On Saturday, 26 September, US President Donald Trump announced that he had rejected Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and bring...

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Jenny Williams

Sudan’s strategic role in the Red Sea

The recent period witnessed considerable instability in the Red Sea; the Houthis repeatedly imposed a blockade on this crucial international trade...

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Mohamed Suliman

Abbas’s UNGA speech omits important historical realities

Abbas’s UNGA speech omits important historical realities

When Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas warned of a greater danger than threats to the two-state politics during his UNGA prerecorded...

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Ramona Wadi

Iraq’s energy paradox: Oil power, electricity vulnerability

Iraq’s energy paradox: Oil power, electricity vulnerability

Holding roughly 145 billion barrels of proved crude reserves, Iraq ranks among the world’s major petroleum powers, yet its electricity system still...

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Dr Kamran Yeganegi

Turkish-Israeli rift grows irreversibly amid Israeli expansionism and aggression

Turkish-Israeli rift grows irreversibly amid Israeli expansionism and aggression

The 81st United Nations General Assembly session once again exposed a diplomatic rupture that has been taking place for several years. In his address...

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Ahmed Asmar

Gaza and the future of Middle Eastern geopolitics: Diplomacy, reconstruction and Palestinian statehood

Gaza and the future of Middle Eastern geopolitics: Diplomacy, reconstruction and Palestinian statehood

The future of Gaza is no longer simply a question of ending a war. It has become a defining question for the political architecture of the Middle...

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Dr Ismail Adaramola

Yemen’s latest escalation shows why the country needs a political settlement, not another military cycle

Yemen’s latest escalation shows why the country needs a political settlement, not another military cycle

Yemen is once again confronting a dangerous escalation in a war that has repeatedly demonstrated the limits of military solutions. The latest...

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Saddam Obaid Yusr Al-Zubaidi

Indonesia was right to walk out at the UNGA. One Palestine, not two states, is what should come next

Indonesia was right to walk out at the UNGA. One Palestine, not two states, is what should come next

On September 24, Indonesian diplomats walked out of the UN General Assembly hall in New York. They left their seats just as Israeli Prime Minister...

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Lula chooses Palestine; Flávio Bolsonaro chooses Zionism

Lula chooses Palestine; Flávio Bolsonaro chooses Zionism

On Sunday, October 4, millions of Brazilians will decide Brazil’s political, economic, and social direction. They will also pit against each other...

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Sayid Marcos Tenorio

Beyond Shared Identity: Military Cooperation Across the Turkic States

Beyond Shared Identity: Military Cooperation Across the Turkic States

Military cooperation among Azerbaijan, Türkiye, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan is growing, but it does not yet amount to a unified four-country alliance....

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Dr Umud Shokri

The Mirage of “Greater Israel” and the Structural Mechanics of Imperial Collapse

The Mirage of “Greater Israel” and the Structural Mechanics of Imperial Collapse

The expansionist Zionist project has entered its terminal, self-devouring phase. What the global community is witnessing in the aftermath of the...

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Ranjan Solomon

The Inexhaustible Commodity

The Inexhaustible Commodity

Sophie Vallier, the sharp-witted innkeeper’s daughter in the quiet French village of Painponçain, was among the earliest pioneers of algorithmic...

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Karam Nama

After UNGA: Can a broken memorandum be put back together?

After UNGA: Can a broken memorandum be put back together?

For a moment this week, the freeze between Washington and Tehran looked like it might actually crack. On 23rd September, Iranian Foreign Minister...

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Mansoor Qaisar

Qatar’s energy diplomacy: Can a diversified energy portfolio translate into broader influence?

Qatar’s energy diplomacy: Can a diversified energy portfolio translate into broader influence?
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Dr Kamran Yeganegi

Too small to lead, too visible to hide: Jumblatt and the Druze framework calculus

Too small to lead, too visible to hide: Jumblatt and the Druze framework calculus
26.09.2026 70

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Ali Salman

Yemen’s war is closer to Indonesia than it looks

Yemen’s war is closer to Indonesia than it looks
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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

New York is becoming a stage for speeches, not decisions

New York is becoming a stage for speeches, not decisions
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Jenny Williams

Félix Tshisekedi in Jerusalem and the dangerous marriage of faith, foreign policy and political survival

Félix Tshisekedi in Jerusalem and the dangerous marriage of faith, foreign policy and political survival
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Kambale Musavuli

Aafia, Adiala, and the architecture of the War on Terror

Aafia, Adiala, and the architecture of the War on Terror
26.09.2026 70

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Junaid S. Ahmad

Iran just gave Washington a deadline. Watch Islamabad, not the White House

Iran just gave Washington a deadline. Watch Islamabad, not the White House
25.09.2026 80

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Mansoor Qaisar

Rising from the ashes: Post-Assad Syria is slowly stirring

Rising from the ashes: Post-Assad Syria is slowly stirring
25.09.2026 70

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Zaki Kaf Al-Ghazal

School deaths and narco killings: The UN and US crimes in international law

School deaths and narco killings: The UN and US crimes in international law
25.09.2026 70

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

Trump’s new Middle East has one missing piece: Palestine

Trump’s new Middle East has one missing piece: Palestine
25.09.2026 70

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Tamer Ajrami

A reading of the General Assembly speeches: Justice for Palestine and the decline of unipolarity

A reading of the General Assembly speeches: Justice for Palestine and the decline of unipolarity
24.09.2026 80

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Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

What is the extent of the UN’s impunity when it comes to the two-state politics?

What is the extent of the UN’s impunity when it comes to the two-state politics?
24.09.2026 70

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Ramona Wadi

Fierce rhetoric and cowardly pragmatism in the Iranian theatre

Fierce rhetoric and cowardly pragmatism in the Iranian theatre
24.09.2026 80

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Karam Nama

From Najaf to Hormuz: The forty-seven-year road that brought Iran’s revolution to the Gulf’s doorstep

From Najaf to Hormuz: The forty-seven-year road that brought Iran’s revolution to the Gulf’s doorstep
24.09.2026 90

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

NAZA, Israel’s war on witnesses, and media complicity

NAZA, Israel’s war on witnesses, and media complicity
24.09.2026 80

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Jamal Kanj

Bahrain’s energy connectivity paradox: Networked resilience or deeper dependence?

24.09.2026 90

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Dr Kamran Yeganegi

Is Israel’s reign ending? Macklemore and the cultural war over Palestine

Is Israel’s reign ending? Macklemore and the cultural war over Palestine
24.09.2026 70

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

AI isn’t a future threat—it is already erasing Gaza

AI isn’t a future threat—it is already erasing Gaza
24.09.2026 80

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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

The Iran War and representation beyond election day

The Iran War and representation beyond election day
23.09.2026 70

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Peter Rodgers

Turkiye’s electricity paradox: More capacity than peak demand, but what comes next?

Turkiye’s electricity paradox: More capacity than peak demand, but what comes next?

Turkiye has nearly 127 GW of installed generation capacity, while its summer peak demand reached about 60.4 GW in July 2025. At first glance, that...

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Dr Umud Shokri

Has Trump’s failure to bomb Iran into capitulation backfired, prompting Netanyahu and MBS to pull Washington in the opposite direction?

Has Trump’s failure to bomb Iran into capitulation backfired, prompting Netanyahu and MBS to pull Washington in the opposite direction?

Despite US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that the Iranian regime is on its knees and has all along desperately pleaded for a deal to end...

23.09.2026 90

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Zayd Alisa

Chile’s envoy to Israel at center of political storm over remarks about Palestinians

Chile’s envoy to Israel at center of political storm over remarks about Palestinians
22.09.2026 90

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Eman Abusidu

How silencing dynamics work in the international arena

How silencing dynamics work in the international arena
22.09.2026 70

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Ramona Wadi

The Iran War comes home before the midterms

The Iran War comes home before the midterms
22.09.2026 70

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Greg Pence

Egyptian-Houthi struggle for control of the Red Sea

Egyptian-Houthi struggle for control of the Red Sea
22.09.2026 90

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Mahmoud Hassan

Kuwait: Oil wealth and the need to rethink energy diplomacy

Kuwait: Oil wealth and the need to rethink energy diplomacy
21.09.2026 70

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Dr Kamran Yeganegi

The dual failure: How Conservatives and Labour inherited—and deepened—Britain’s ruin

The dual failure: How Conservatives and Labour inherited—and deepened—Britain’s ruin
21.09.2026 80

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Karam Nama

Refineries as battlefields: Ukraine’s Moscow strike and global diesel risks

Refineries as battlefields: Ukraine’s Moscow strike and global diesel risks
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Dr Umud Shokri

How Germany’s anti-Palestinian crackdowns paved the way for the AfD

How Germany’s anti-Palestinian crackdowns paved the way for the AfD
21.09.2026 90

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Muhammad Bilal Malik

Saudi Arabia has the weapons. What about a strategy?

Saudi Arabia has the weapons. What about a strategy?
21.09.2026 80

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Prabowo’s tears for Palestine are not enough

Prabowo’s tears for Palestine are not enough
21.09.2026 90

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

The Makkah Pact’s first test: Can Pakistan defend Saudi Arabia without entering Yemen’s war?

19.09.2026 100

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Mansoor Qaisar

Sinking the empire: How Western militarism surrendered the arteries of global trade

19.09.2026 90

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Jenny Williams