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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…
Who is Andy Burnham?

Denis MacShane To anyone who follows European politics, Britain’s new prime minister is an instantly recognizable politi…
Lebanese president says time has come to end war permanently after ‘fruitful’ Trump meeting

Lebanon remains committed to the path of reforms and will continue working to achieve its goals despite the war, Joseph …
Trump says Iran now the ‘most serious’ yet in talks with US, but he has not decided on launching major strikes

President says diplomacy remains possible but warns US is ‘locked and loaded’ if military action becomes nec…
Jordan’s Existential Questions in a Region Redrawn

Eng. Saleem Al-Batayneh No one writes from outside of their place. Even Edward Said, the author of Out of Place, wrote …
The Collapse of the Bipartisan Consensus over US-Israel Ties

Dan Steinbock After the Gaza genocide, bipartisan consensus over US-Israel ties is crumbling. As legal debate is expandi…
Turkey’s Next Elections: Can Erdogan Run Again?

Turkey’s opposition leader, Ozgur Ozel, plans to create a new party to rival President Tayyip Erdogan, which may h…
The Global South in Ascendance: The Waning Influence of Western Powers

Georgi Asatrian image source: ndtv.com Global instability is today the defining characteristic of world politics. The li…
Civilizational Memory as a “Bridge to Global Peace”?

Dr. Yashwant Singh The India–Indonesia model demonstrates that civilizational memory can be retrieved as a shared diplo…
China Cannot Avoid the U.S. Dollar

Norbert Tofall Despite the very real structural weaknesses in the U.S. economy, no BRICS+ country – not even China – and…

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Why Jordan Is Losing Patience With Iran

March 22, 2026

Iran’s missile attacks have alienated the Hashemite Kingdom, but the chances of Jordan joining the …
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America’s AI Pivot to the Gulf

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