America Has Lost the Arab World
Wars in Gaza, Iran, and elsewhere have Sunk Washington’s reputation—maybe for good. Read More Here
Trump’s Ceasefire Still Leaves the US and Iran Mired in Quandary
US President Donald Trump has two weeks to figure out whether he’s untangled the knot he created in Iran, or just pulled it tighter. Read More Here
Why Iran Is Beating America
The “asymmetric cost” model—a war the US starts will ultimately cost the other side far more—has proven vital to sustain the illusion of American invincibility and to limit domestic political resistance to US military adventurism. Now, Iran has broken it. Read More Here
The Moral Thinness of Geopolitics
The crisis in world order consists more in civilizational exhaustion than geopolitical imbalance. Read More Here
A new regional order for the Strait of Hormuz
The GCC and Iran can come up with a new security architecture for the Strait of Hormuz that can give Trump an off-ramp. Read More Here
Africa Could Emerge As The Biggest Winner In Iran War
African energy producers are gaining an advantage as safer, more reliable alternatives, attracting European and Asian buyers. Africa’s LNG sector is set for major growth, with capacity expected to more than double by 2040, supported by large projects and new infrastructure. Read More Here
Who Owns America’s Tech Future?
A surge of foreign investment in US tech raises tough questions about supply chain security. Read More Here
With one war, Trump is breaking Middle East’s old power structure
Strikes on Iran part of broader strategy to force a regional realignment that decades of US policy deliberately avoided. Read More Here
A war imposed, a peace shaped by Riyadh and Islamabad
The Islamabad meeting of the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkiye and Egypt seems to have firmly established as the principal venue for potential US-Iran talks. Read More Here
How Geopolitics Overran Globalization
The current geopolitical situation has ended the dream of economic integration. Read More Here
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