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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Getting the Ball Rolling: Morocco Leverages Its World Cup Role for Infrastructure and Image
Morocco is preparing to co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup alongside Spain and Portugal, mobilising massive investments in infrastructure that…
Tehran, We Have a Problem: Iran’s Grim Post-War Economic Outlook
The economic damage sustained within Iran is both more structural and irreparable than the disruption inflicted on enemies and bystanders…
The Iran War Through Sunni Eyes: Tehran’s Image Declines Amid Attacks on Neighbours and Sectarianism
A review of Sunni discourses over the course of the month and a half of fighting reveals that critical attitudes…
Sudan’s Civil War Risks Regional Spread Amid Global Indifference
As the war intensifies and both sides maintain deliberate opaqueness — denying responsibility for attacks and instinctively blaming the other…
Courting a Divided Libya: Foreign Powers Eye Energy Security in Fractured North African State
An orderly Libya offers badly needed remedies for global energy markets, particularly for at-risk Europe. At a time of prolonged…
Crude Awakening: The New Oil Crisis
Since February 28th, Iran has been engaged in a violent attempt to export its own economic misery. By lobbing drones…
Strategic Patience or Wilful Bystander? Examining the Houthi Hesitancy Towards Iran
Although the Houthis became part of a wide-ranging alliance with Iran, they have persistently refused to become mere proxies without…
Is Iran’s Military Fracturing? Signs of Strain in War with the US and Israel
As the war between Iran, the United States and Israel continue, one of the most consequential and contested questions is…
Turkey’s Soft Power in Action: Conquering hearts through Culture, Aid, and Religion
In the 21st century, power is no longer measured solely in jet fighters or trade deals. Perceptions, narratives, and humanitarian…
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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…