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…
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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 Sky Is No Longer Safe: How Iran’s Retaliation Shattered the Gulf’s Illusion of Insulation
For decades, the Gulf Arab states have operated under an unspoken assumption: that wars in the Middle East were things that happened…
Hostage Diplomacy: Iran’s Persistent Strategy and the West’s Failure to Deter
After more than a year in detention in Iran, the judiciary in Tehran announced on 19 February that Lindsey and Craig Foreman,…
The GCC’s Inconvenient Fracture: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Competing Visions of Regional Order
On December 29, 2025, Saudi Arabian jets struck the port of Mukalla in southern Yemen. The target was not a Houthi weapons…