Inflation in Turkey: The Price of Ankara’s Cheap-Credit Era
On March 12th the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey left its one-week repo rate (its main policy rate) unchanged at…
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The Ayatollah’s New Clothes: Where Is Mojtaba Khamenei?
Since being named Iran’s third Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei has not appeared in public. He has spoken to no one, appeared to…
Military AI: When the Future of Tech Meets the Power of the State
For an industry that enjoys speaking in the accents of moral philosophy, America’s frontier-AI business is learning the language of procurement. The…
Oil, War and the Strait of Hormuz: The Economic Stakes of the Iran Conflict
Wars are usually measured on maps. Economists begin with choke-points. The war with Iran has turned the Strait of Hormuz into the…
From Silence to Asylum: How Iran’s Women Footballers Turned The Pitch into a Protest Stage
The image of the Iran women’s footballers lasted only a moment. As the team bus pulled away from Gold Coast Stadium in…
The Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier and a Shifting Balance of Power
Cyprus lies well beyond the Middle East’s battlefields, yet it has been drawn into the conflict between Israel, the United States, and…
Loyalty vs Survival: Hezbollah’s Existential Gamble in the Iran Conflict
In early March 2026, Lebanon entered a perilous new chapter. The Iran conflict, which began between the United States, Israel, and Iran…
From Munich to Qamishli: Why Kurdish Power Risks Becoming Paper Promises
Every February, Munich hosts its annual Security Conference, a gathering of statesmen, diplomats and defence experts to discuss the globe’s most pressing…
The Negotiated Aesthetic of Middle Eastern Fashion
When examining fashion across the Middle East in 2026, it is clear that the story is not one of tradition versus modernity,…
Ramadan in the Age of Distraction: Fasting From More Than Food
We live in an age that rarely pauses. Our mornings begin with the glow of a screen and end the same way.…