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Three GOP Senators Who Could Complicate a Vance/Rubio Coronation
A Small Band of Socialists Is Sowing Panic in the Democratic Party
The Kurdish Question Cannot Be Postponed Forever: A New Middle East Requires a New Approach to Historical Injustices
Lebanon’s Framework Agreement with Israel: Does Beirut Have the Institutional Foundation to Enter a New Era?
Sovereignty Is More Than a Political Slogan
Toward a Creative Arab Strategy: Who Controls the Future of Regional Security?
Iraq and Turkey’s New Strategic Bargain: Can Baghdad and Ankara Finally Turn Cooperation into Partnership?
The Shield of the Americas: When Rebranding Replaces Strategy
Buying a Seat or Building an Order: India’s Choice Between the Security Council and Trump’s Board of Peace
The Iran war may go down as the US’ worst ever defeat

Three GOP Senators Who Could Complicate a Vance/Rubio Coronation

Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, and Rand Paul each have reasons to run in ’28. Chances are good that the Republican nominee for p…
A Small Band of Socialists Is Sowing Panic in the Democratic Party

James Fanelli, Joshua Chaffin, Eliza Collins and Kevin T. Dugan Megan Romer likes to spend her free time sewing costume…
The Kurdish Question Cannot Be Postponed Forever: A New Middle East Requires a New Approach to Historical Injustices

By Hadi Elis History often creates illusions. At times, events appear to repeat themselves, giving the impression that s…
Lebanon’s Framework Agreement with Israel: Does Beirut Have the Institutional Foundation to Enter a New Era?

The word “sovereignty” has become one of the most frequently used concepts in political discourse, yet it remains one of…
Sovereignty Is More Than a Political Slogan

Few concepts are used more frequently in political discourse than sovereignty. Yet it is also one of the most misunderst…
Toward a Creative Arab Strategy: Who Controls the Future of Regional Security?

One of the greatest mistakes in contemporary debates about the Middle East is the tendency to analyze every crisis separ…
Iraq and Turkey’s New Strategic Bargain: Can Baghdad and Ankara Finally Turn Cooperation into Partnership?

The visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zeidi to Turkey on Tuesday, July 28, cannot be viewed as another routine diplom…
The Shield of the Americas: When Rebranding Replaces Strategy

Lisdey Espinoza Pedraza In early March 2026, Donald Trump convened a select group of Latin American and Caribbean leader…
Buying a Seat or Building an Order: India’s Choice Between the Security Council and Trump’s Board of Peace

Dr. Yashwant Singh The Board of Peace did not emerge as an abstract proposal for the world to weigh at leisure. It is a …
The Iran war may go down as the US’ worst ever defeat

Robert Inlakesh While the US president continues to lie to his people about imagined victories over Iran in West Asia, t…
Iran, Oman discuss Strait of Hormuz navigation management

An Omani diplomatic delegation arrived in Tehran on Friday for talks on mechanisms to manage navigation through the Stra…
Trump Is Losing Patience Over an Iran War With No Clear End in Sight

President grows skeptical of diplomacy and is in ‘revenge mode’ against Tehran, according to senior administration offic…

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