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President Donald Trump insists that “productive” negotiations with Iran are underway. Senior Iranian officials, meanwhile, repeatedly deny that any such talks are taking place. One side may be misrepresenting reality, both may be shaping narratives, or the truth may lie somewhere more ambiguous than either account suggests. The …

For decades, the language used to describe the Middle East has been dominated by the vocabulary of conflict. We speak of proxy wars, failed states, sectarian fractures, and great powers orbiting a volatile geography. This framing is not entirely wrong—but it is incomplete. More importantly, it obscures as …

By Eng. Saleem Al-Batayneh There is a deeper anguish embedded in this title than in the reality it seeks to describe. It carries meanings and lessons that echo the tragic fate of the black ox in the old parable: “I was eaten the day the white ox was …

Mansoor Ahmad The world witnessed major conflicts in 2025, with one of the most alarming escalations between the two nuclear-armed neighbors, India and Pakistan. If it had not been stopped in time, there was a potential threat of a nuclear war. Donald Trump is taking credit for stopping …

US President Donald Trump on Monday said negotiations with Iran to end joint US-Israeli strikes were progressing, but warned that the country’s crucial energy infrastructure would be destroyed if talks do not soon bear fruit. “If for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably …

Raphael Dosson The Iranian conflict is falling, predictably, into the escalation trap—from what began as a vertically limited, regime-targeting air campaign to a horizontally expanding regional war, with the potential to become one of the most consequential geostrategic crises of the century, carrying far-reaching implications for the global …

Frank Vogl Just recently, a “bomb” exploded in downtown Frankfurt when it finally became apparent that the Hilton Hotel there is part of the overseas investment network of the Iranian regime. Booking.com has suspended the hotel from its reservation service on news that a major investor in the …

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh There are moments in history when the stage is stripped bare, when the actors—once draped in grandeur—are revealed as mere performers reciting borrowed lines. The current war orbiting Iran, the United States, and Israel is one such moment: a geopolitical drama that would make Niccolò Machiavelli nod …

Stephan Richter The U.S. Constitution has always been risky business for the U.S. political economy domestically insofar as it imposes 18th century values onto the 21st century.  These features include its de facto unamendability, the disproportional weight it assigns to rural populations, its implicit dislike of any elements …