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Trump’s “Memorandum of Surrender”: The art of the deal meets the fact of defeat

July 13, 2026 Junaid S. Ahmad

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Rivalries and anxieties: Reviving the Hejaz railway
- July 13, 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark
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Two clocks, two egos, and the gods who are never late
- July 13, 2026 Jasim Al-Azzawi

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The man who made the world need Qatar
- July 12, 2026 Kurniawan Arif Maspul
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Iran is China’s indispensable partner, but Beijing will never fight its war
- July 11, 2026 Jasim Al-Azzawi

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From proxy war to Gulf rivalry: Yemen’s new battle for influence
- July 11, 2026 Eko Ernada
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Time as power: Why timing is reshaping energy diplomacy in the Middle East
- July 11, 2026 Dr Kamran Yeganegi
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Massad Boulos: Like a man calling Libyans to prayer from Malta
- July 10, 2026 Karam Nama
Blog

Funding failed paradigms for Palestinians in Gaza
- July 9, 2026 Ramona Wadi
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Hossam Abu Safiya; when a hostage sounds the alarm on behalf of thousands of detainees
- July 9, 2026 Adnan Hmidan
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The 4th of July: Tehran’s funeral and Trump’s birthday
- July 9, 2026 Dr Sahar Huneidi
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India’s Israeli mirror
- July 9, 2026 Junaid S. Ahmad
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How Israel and American Zionists are canceling First Amendment
- July 9, 2026 Jamal Kanj
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How Ankara rewired Syria’s future
- July 9, 2026 Kurniawan Arif Maspul
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Deferring a Crisis: The Iran-US Ceasefire Cracks
- July 9, 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark
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Lebanon’s Faustian bargain: The mirage of the trilateral framework
- July 9, 2026 Dr Mustafa Fetouri
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Israel debated: Why Palestine is rewriting the rules of domestic US politics
- July 8, 2026 Dr Ramzy Baroud
Blog

Palestinian survivor of the Gaza genocide wins gold at São Paulo Math Olympiad
- July 8, 2026 Eman Abusidu
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Trump and Iran: The beginning of a war or just microphone noise?
- July 8, 2026 Karam Nama
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When the street becomes the ballot box: National funerals and the politics of meaning
- July 8, 2026 Peter Rodgers
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Egypt’s educated youth turn to delivery work
- July 8, 2026 Mahmoud Hassan
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Hamas is leaving government, not the resistance
- July 7, 2026 Sayid Marcos Tenorio
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NATO 3.0 and energy security: Rebalancing transatlantic defence in Ankara
- July 7, 2026 Dr Umud Shokri
Blog

Like Israel’s colonial expansion, the UN’s narratives also place Palestinians at risk
- July 7, 2026 Ramona Wadi
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World Cup Trump cards: Infantino, FIFA and the meddlesome US President
- July 7, 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark
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The future of Gulf energy and trade routes after the Hormuz crisis
- July 6, 2026 Zahra Niazi
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Ali Khamenei and Palestine as the enduring axis of the Islamic revolution
- July 6, 2026 Sayid Marcos Tenorio
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Khamenei’s funeral makes clear the global order is moving on
- July 6, 2026 Kurniawan Arif Maspul
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Israel’s relentless quest for a next enemy
- July 5, 2026 Jasim Al-Azzawi