Iran’s Resilience Against Sanctions, Revisited
Seven years of American economic pressure have not broken Iran. The events of 2025–2026 show why. When the United States withdrew from the nuclear deal in May 2018 and reimposed…
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Timeout for the Mediator? Pakistan’s US–Iran Mediator Role Jeopardised by Domestic Separatism and Taliban Skirmishes
The 24 May attack was one of Pakistan’s deadliest in recent years and follows a growing pattern of BLA assaults…
Time of the Season: Saudi Arabia Seeks a Quiet Hajj in the Shadow of Iran Discord
Riyadh’s reputation is now at stake against the backdrop of the Iran War and its ongoing fallout. Saudi Arabia’s de…
Turkey’s Unilateral Maritime Claim and Regional Instability
The long-standing dispute over maritime jurisdiction in the Eastern Mediterranean between Turkey, Greece and the Republic of Cyprus has reached…
Is Egypt in Africa? The Fascinating Geography Behind the World’s Most Misplaced Country
Egypt is one of the few countries on Earth that is genuinely transcontinental. The Suez Canal, the 193-kilometre waterway connecting…
Iran’s Criminal Proxies: How Tehran Has Turned Organised Crime Into an Instrument of Foreign Policy
As Iran developed its formal “Axis of Resistance”, it simultaneously built a parallel infrastructure of criminal proxies far beyond the…
Middle East Disorder and Turkey’s Strategic Opportunity
If American and Israeli pressure on Iran intensifies to the point of destabilising the Islamic Republic itself, Turkey may emerge…
Operation OPEC Fury: Abu Dhabi’s Exit Symbolises Unilateralism and a Post-Petrostate Outlook
After significant and unprecedented wartime defence spending, economic disruption and commercial losses, the UAE intends to maximise oil revenue by…
Al-Qaeda’s Attempted Takeover of Mali: Today a Blow to Russia, Tomorrow a Global Threat
The offensive exposes significant Russian vulnerabilities in protecting its Malian client. Russian setbacks in West Africa should not, however, be…
The Gulf’s Reckoning
The Gulf has discovered — at grievous cost — that it cannot stand apart from a war being fought, in…
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Can a House Divided Stand? Fractures Widen Within Iran’s Ruling Elite Over the US-Iran Agreement
The issue of the US-Iran agreement reflects a deeper struggle over the Islamic Republic’s identity, the balance of power between…
The Hijra and the Courage to Embrace Change
With the arrival of a new Hijri year and the first day of Muharram, Muslims around the world are reminded…
The Gulf’s Reckoning
The Gulf has discovered — at grievous cost — that it cannot stand apart from a war being fought, in…