French Foreign Minister’s Visit to Beirut and Its Impact on Lebanon
The arrival of French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot at the Ba...
Prospects for U.S. Escalation Against Iran: The Military and Political Implications of the Potential Use of the “Mother of All Bombs”
Media reports suggesting that the United States is considering new military opti...
Military Escalation in Yemen: The Implications of Government Operations and the Limits of Their Impact on the Balance of Conflict
Recent military developments in Yemen reflect the Yemeni government’s cont...
Iran’s Offer to Mediate Between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis: Regional Diplomacy or a Bid for Greater Influence?
Iran’s offer to facilitate dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s...
Ethiopia’s Quest for Sea Access: Regional Rivalries, Legal Disputes, and Strategic Interests
Ethiopia’s efforts to secure access to the sea have intensified over the p...
Israel Between Internal Cohesion Crises and International Isolation
The challenges facing Israel are no longer confined to the consequences of milit...
Drone Warfare and Shifting Frontlines in Sudan: A Military Conflict Redrawing the Map of War
More than three years after the outbreak of the war in Sudan, the confrontation...
Syria Faces a New Security Test: A Crisis of State Capacity or Multiple Sources of Threat?
Syria is entering a new phase of security testing as its new authorities attempt...
The Abu Dhabi Warning and Israel’s Decision-Making System: Open Questions over Information and Decision-Making
A report published by Haaretz has reopened debate in Israel over the information...
Hormuz as a Gateway to Negotiations: Are Washington and Tehran Moving Toward an Interim Deal?
The Strait of Hormuz is no longer merely one of the arenas of confrontation betw...
The Strait of Hormuz and the Hidden Chokepoint: Financial Power in the Confrontation with Iran
The confrontation with Iran in the Middle East is no longer confined to the mili...
The Nile Dam Dispute: Egypt Raises the Diplomatic Stakes with Ethiopia
Egypt's latest messages regarding Ethiopia's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance...
Why Is Israel Failing to Counter Cognitive Warfare?
Modern wars are no longer decided solely on the battlefield, nor are their outco...
The U.S.-China Summit and the Management of Strategic Competition
At the beginning of 1914, the international environment appeared relatively calm...
Southern Syria’s Sovereignty Under Pressure: Israeli Escalation and the Limits of the New State
Israeli escalation in southern Syria is no longer merely a series of isolated mi...
Syria’s Fuel Price Hike: Necessary Economic Reform or a Social Risk at a Critical Moment?
Introduction: A Fuel Price Hike That Goes Beyond the Economy
The Syrian gover...
How the Saudi-Houthi Escalation Threatens Global Oil Supplies
The escalating military confrontation in Yemen is no longer simply another chapt...
The Houthi Escalation and the Makkah Alliance: A Test of Collective Security
The renewed escalation between Saudi Arabia and the Houthi movement in Yemen is...
Southern Lebanon Between Withdrawal and Border Reshaping
Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon is no longer simply a question o...
Bab Al-Mandab in the Regional Escalation Equation
The escalation of military activity by the Houthi movement in Yemen represents a...
Chemical Weapons Allegations in Sudan: New Documents Open a Legal and Political Front in the War
Sudan’s war is entering a new and more complicated phase following the eme...
The Houthis Are Reshaping the Balance of Power in the Red Sea
The war between Iran and the United States is no longer confined to th...
Yemen Between Regional Escalation and the Struggle for Influence:
Yemen’s conflict is entering a new phase of escalation, coinciding with th...
Can Washington Turn Economic Strangulation into Political Capitulation?
The U.S. naval blockade imposed on Iranian oil exports appears to be more than a...
Iraq Between Restoring State Authority and Competing Power Structures
Iraq’s struggle over corruption and uncontrolled weapons is no longer simp...
Houthi Escalation in Taiz and Hodeidah: An Attempt to Reshape the Balance of Power in Western Yemen
Yemen’s conflict appears to be entering a new phase of military escalation...
Yemen: When Declining Health Funding Becomes a Test of State Resilience
Yemen’s health-sector crisis is no longer merely one of the many consequen...
A Unified Syria Challenges Israel’s Calculations: Is Tel Aviv’s Bet on Fragmentation Losing Ground?
The developments unfolding in Syria are no longer merely internal changes that c...
America and Iran... A Moving Possibility
The US-Iranian confrontation is a long-running epic whose chapters continue to u...
The Polisario and Challenges of Institutional and Strategic Transformation: An Assessment of the Movement’s Future and the Sahrawi Cause
Introduction
More than five decades after its establishment in 1973, the Poli...
The Election of Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed: Repositioning African Diplomacy within the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
he election of Mauritanian diplomat Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed as the new Secretar...
The Strait of Hormuz After Six Months: From Maritime Closure to a Reshaping of the Balance of Power
Six months after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, the crisis is no longer merel...
Beyond UNIFIL: Is Southern Lebanon Moving from Peacekeeping to “Verification”?
The debate over the future of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFI...
An Alliance Outside the Alliance and the Management of the Post-War Order
The political significance of the meeting of NATO defense leaders to discuss pot...
How Israel Has Redefined the Rules of Conflict with Hezbollah
The latest war between Israel and Hezbollah was not merely another round in the...
The 60-Day Deadline Expires: Trump Says He Is “Not in a Hurry” as Iran Threatens Escalation
The 60-day deadline associated with the U.S.-Iranian memorandum of understanding...
Yemen From Fragile Calm to a Renewed Conflict
The relative calm Yemen has experienced in recent years was never the end of the...
Can Jared Kushner Revive Trump’s Stalled Gaza Peace Plan?
It is almost 11 months since US President Donald Trump, standing alongside Israe...
Libya Between a Crisis of the State and a Crisis of Settlement: Why Political Deadlock Is Becoming an Existential Threat
The Libyan crisis is no longer simply a political dispute between two government...
The US–Saudi Nuclear Deal And The Politics Of Strategic Exceptions
On 22 July 2026, the United States and Saudi Arabia signed a civil nuclear coope...
From Islamabad to Hormuz: How Stalled Negotiations Are Reshaping the Map of Corridors and Energy
The latest round of negotiations between the United States and Iran reflects a s...
Scenarios for a U.S. Ground Operation in Iran: How Could It Unfold?
As the military confrontation between the United States and Iran continues to es...
The Mecca Pact: Deterrence Theater Or The Next Regional Fault Line?
On August 7, 2026, in the holiest city of Islam, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin...
Will Hamas Disarm? Trump Thinks So, Netanyahu Not So Sure
A key part of President Donald Trump’s comprehensive 20-point peace plan f...
Frontier Is Reshaping Deterrence In South Asia –
Strategic assumptions often outlast the conditions that gave rise to them. Few e...
A New Regional Quartet: Is the Middle East Moving Toward a Collective Security Framework?
The fifth meeting of the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Türkiye,...
Is Trump Beginning to Lose Patience with Putin?
A series of developments in Washington suggest that the Russia–Ukraine war...
Russian Gas and Morocco: Is Energy Redrawing North Africa’s Geopolitical Map?
The recent remarks by Russian Ambassador to Rabat Igor Belyaev regarding the pro...
Libya Amid Interlocking Crises... Awaiting the "Train of Settlement"
The interlocking crises in Libya are, in part, rooted in a series of structural...
Saudi Dilemma: Yemen’s Role In The Next Phase Of The Iran Conflict
Saudi Dilemma: Yemen’s Role In The Next Phase Of The Iran Conflict
The...
Is the Lebanese-Israeli Crisis Entering a Decisive Phase؟
The Lebanese-Israeli crisis is entering a new and potentially decisive phase as...
Saddam Haftar and the Reconfiguration of Libya's Balance of Power: A Preliminary Assessment
The rise of Lieutenant General Saddam Khalifa Haftar within the General Command...
AIPAC's Influence and the Iran War: Calculations Behind the Political Battle
Michigan has emerged as the epicenter of the political battle over the American...
Why The Next Iran Nuclear Deal Must Toast To The JCPOA
Why The Next Iran Nuclear Deal Must Toast To The JCPOA
By Shravishtha Aj...
Lebanon's Arms Monopoly and Washington's Guarantees: Can a Political Settlement Be Reached Before Time Runs Out?
The debate over the state's exclusive right to bear arms in Lebanon has evol...
The Case For A Managed U.S. Exit From NATO
At the NATO summit in Türkiye, President Donald Trump added a new arrow of...
China and Pakistan Step Up Mediation: Can Economic Interests Open a Path to Ending the War?
After nearly five months of war between the United States and Iran, th...
Why Is the Trump Administration Betting on Damascus?
The praise that U.S. President Donald Trump has directed toward his Syrian count...
Middle East Countries On High Alert As US Continues Strikes On Iran
Air raid sirens blared in Bahrain and other Gulf states as the struggle for cont...
Yemen and Red Sea Security: Could Maritime Threats Reshape the Peace Equation?
After more than a decade of war, Yemen’s crisis can no longer be viewed me...
Can UN and U.S. Initiatives Lead to a Settlement of the Libyan Crisis?
The Libyan crisis witnessed significant political momentum during June 2026, ami...
Escalation in the Strait of Hormuz: The War of Corridors and the Return of the Blockade
Summary
Despite the escalation, neither side appears to be seeking an all-out...
Is Iraq Entering a New Era in the Fight Against Corruption? Between Domestic Reform and International Pressure
Recent developments in Iraq suggest that the fight against corruption has evolve...
Between Escalation and Negotiation: How Iran Is Leveraging Its Power Cards After Khamenei
Recent developments in Iran suggest that Tehran has entered a new phase in manag...
US-Iran Deal Could Put Freedom Of Navigation At Risk Worldwide
On 17 June Iran and the United States signed a memorandum of unde...
Somalia and the Middle East Wars: How the Struggle Over Maritime Chokepoints Is Reshaping Somalia's Geopolitics
Introduction
Like many countries across the Middle East and the Horn of Afric...
Xi-Trump Meeting: How China Seized Control Of The Narrative And Agenda
US President Trump’s state visit to China from 13-15 May, widely viewed as...
The Strait of Hormuz After the Geneva Framework: Has Iran Shifted from the Strategy of Closure to the Strategy of Control?
The debate surrounding the Strait of Hormuz is no longer confined to whether Ira...
Iraq at a Crossroads: Are Regional Understandings Imposing New Rules of the Game?
Ongoing political and diplomatic engagements between Baghdad and Washington sugg...
“Zero Tariffs” and Expanding Influence: How China Is Redrawing the Geopolitical Map of Africa
At a time when major economies are moving toward greater protectionism and econo...
Renewed Political Will Needed To End Sudan War
The protracted civil conflict in Sudan, which erupted in April 2023 between the...
The 2026 NPT Review Conference: Has Iran Become a Scapegoat for a Deeper Crisis in the Global Nuclear Order?
The failure of the Eleventh Review Conference (RevCon) of the Treaty on the Non-...
The Amur-1650 Submarine: Can Russia Regain Its Influence in Asia’s Arms Market?
At a time when military competition across the Indo-Pacific is accelerating, Rus...
The G7 Summit Under Trump’s Shadow: Is the Transatlantic Partnership Entering a New Era of Renegotiation?
The upcoming G7 Summit in France comes at an exceptionally sensitive moment in i...
Xi’s Calculated Return To North Korea
Xi Jinping’s visit to Pyongyang this week signals that Northeast Asia&rsqu...
Lebanon and Israel: From Managing Confrontation to Testing the Limits of Deterrence
The latest escalation along the Lebanese-Israeli border should not be viewed as...
Sudan Between Humanitarian Collapse and the Risk of Fragmentation: Is Darfur Approaching the Point of No Return?
The ongoing war in Sudan, which erupted in April 2023, has evolved far beyond a...
Why Is the “Day After” Process in Gaza Stalling?
The crisis in Gaza is no longer centered solely on a ceasefire or the delivery o...
How Washington Reshaped the Global Energy Map
Despite the dramatic transformation that has turned the United States into one o...
The Logic of Containment and the Limits of Power: Reading the Future of the Iran–Israel Confrontation
Recent developments surrounding the confrontation between Iran and Israel, along...
Sudan Between Prolonged War and Fragile Alliances: Egypt’s Strategic Dilemma in the Post-Settlement Era
When the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump admitted its inability to...
The Geopolitics of U.S.–China Competition: Managing Conflict and Reshaping the International Order
U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to China represents a political moment...
How Declining Trust in Washington Is Pushing Southeast Asia Toward Strategic Balance
The consequences of the confrontation between the United States and Israel on on...
The Strait of Hormuz and the Erosion of American Maritime Hegemony
The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz is no longer a passing security event linked...
Filling the Diplomatic Vacuum: How the U.S.-Iran Conflict Has Reshaped Mediation in the Middle East
The military escalation between United States and Iran has redrawn the landscape...
Why Does the Conflict in Sudan Persist? An Analytical Reading of Its Roots and Implications
Despite entering its fourth year, the war in Sudan no longer commands the same l...
Can Libya Fill the Global Oil Gap as the Iran Conflict Intensifies
A defining pillar of President Donald Trump’s “America First”...
The Middle East War and the Stress Test of Global Financial Stability: Between Shock Absorption and Emerging Structural Risks
The global financial system entered 2026 in a relatively stable position, suppor...
The Future of Regional Security in the Middle East: Rapid Transformations and the Persistent Absence of Collective Security Arrangements
I. Context
In recent years, the Middle East has witnessed a series of politic...
Implications of the U.S.–Israeli Escalation Against Iran on NATO’s Cohesion
Implications of the U.S.–Israeli Escalation Against Iran on NATO’s C...
U.S. Retreat from Striking Iranian Energy Facilities: Managing Escalation and Prospects for Settlement
Background of the Situation
The crisis between the United States and Iran wit...
Escalating Maritime Tensions: Has Fentanyl Become a National Security Issue?
U.S. drug policy underwent a significant shift in late 2025 when the federal gov...