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Items by Irvan Maulana
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The disaggregation of OPEC’s Gulf production coalition: UAE’s exit and the unravelling of the Arab oil order
On 1st May, 2026, the United Arab Emirates formally departs from the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), ending almost six decades of membership that began with the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in 1967. Officials in Abu Dhabi frame the decision as a sovereign recalibration of national interest, while…
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From collapse to coordination: Gaza’s informal digital economy and the future of Palestinian socio-economic resilience
By the time Gaza entered 2026, the numbers told a story that headlines could not contain. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics reported that 64 per cent of mobile towers were out of service. Paltel, the territory’s largest operator, had lost roughly 80 per cent of its more than 500…
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The “ultra-apartheid” convergence: Regional escalation and the engineered asphyxiation of Palestine
The contemporary transformation of the Gaza Strip—from a vibrant Mediterranean economic hub to a landscape of systemic structural erasure—represents a phenomenon far more complex than the collateral effects of a conventional military campaign. It serves as the material evidence of what Dan Steinbock (2025) characterises as “The Fall of Israel”:…