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…
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…
The 24 May attack was one of Pakistan’s deadliest in recent years and follows a growing pattern of BLA assaults…
Riyadh’s reputation is now at stake against the backdrop of the Iran War and its ongoing fallout. Saudi Arabia’s de…
The long-standing dispute over maritime jurisdiction in the Eastern Mediterranean between Turkey, Greece and the Republic of Cyprus has reached…
Egypt is one of the few countries on Earth that is genuinely transcontinental. The Suez Canal, the 193-kilometre waterway connecting…
As Iran developed its formal “Axis of Resistance”, it simultaneously built a parallel infrastructure of criminal proxies far beyond the…
If American and Israeli pressure on Iran intensifies to the point of destabilising the Islamic Republic itself, Turkey may emerge…
After significant and unprecedented wartime defence spending, economic disruption and commercial losses, the UAE intends to maximise oil revenue by…
The offensive exposes significant Russian vulnerabilities in protecting its Malian client. Russian setbacks in West Africa should not, however, be…
The Gulf has discovered — at grievous cost — that it cannot stand apart from a war being fought, in…
The issue of the US-Iran agreement reflects a deeper struggle over the Islamic Republic’s identity, the balance of power between…
With the arrival of a new Hijri year and the first day of Muharram, Muslims around the world are reminded…
The Gulf has discovered — at grievous cost — that it cannot stand apart from a war being fought, in…