4+ day, 17+ min ago   (1178+ words) Even with the full-scale involvement of Saudi Arabia and its regional allies in the conflict against Ansar Allah, the fighting could develop into a protracted war of attrition. Any large-scale escalation could also trigger a chain of reactions that would…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (109+ words) The Strait of Hormuz ultimately places Trump in a dilemma of choosing between only two ways to lose: to forgo it and bury his career, or to go through with it and bury the hegemony he claims to be preserving....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (561+ words) From energy guardian to conflict multiplier The traditional American narrative presents instability as a regional phenomenon and US military power as an external force containing it. Yet sanctions, military deployments, arms transfers, and support for particular actors are not neutral…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (926+ words) The growing public discontent with the presence of American troops in Jordan, fueled by the regional conflict and Iran’s strategy, is putting the country’s government in a serious crisis of trust, forcing the authorities to choose between a strategic alliance…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1059+ words) Israel’s strategy in the Middle East is changing: the country is shifting from a targeted response to threats to a systemic containment of all regional players capable of challenging it. After Iran, Turkey has come into focus. Once allies, Turkey…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (89+ words) The Iran War has exposed the limits of US military power and weakened its credibility as a global security provider, accelerating the erosion of US-led unipolarity while reinforcing the emergence of a more competitive and multipolar international order. The Limits…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (376+ words) Washington is changing some of its most reliable military partnerships in the Middle East because it believes states, markets, and diplomacy can deliver what American troops and Kurdish proxies increasingly cannot. The significance of the SDF’s dissolution is therefore larger…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (530+ words) Against the backdrop of the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz due to the Iran–US conflict, Turkey and Iraq have agreed to expand the pipeline network, which allows Baghdad to diversify its oil exports and Ankara to strengthen its…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (61+ words) The Mecca defence pact reveals a strategic divergence that could reshape the Gulf. Riyadh is building security partnerships beyond the Arab world, while Abu Dhabi is pursuing a different model of regional power. The Ally Left Outside Riyadh Looks Beyond…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago   (224+ words) The Donald Trump administration, acting with the peremptoriness of a capricious landlord, has carried to its logical conclusion a policy that many analysts are already calling “imperial suicide.” Loss of Trust: When Allies Turn Away One of the most striking…...