Geostrategic Media Political Commentary, Analysis, Security, Defense
There are moments when events move faster than politics can understand them. States then become prisoners of the images they built of their rivals, explaining the present with tools from the past, even after the balance of power has shifted and the map has been redrawn. Few relationships …
October, 2026
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25 October
America’s Midterm Elections: Democrats Gain Ground, but Senate Control Remains Uncertain
Henry Baker The November 3 midterm elections are shaping up to be a consequential test of President Donald Trump’s political standing and the Republican Party’s ability to maintain control of Congress. Polling averages and election forecasts increasingly point toward Democratic gains in the House of Representatives, while the …
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25 October
The Arab Mind Needs a Mirror, Not an Alibi
By Eng. Saleem Al-Batayneh Anyone in the Arab world who still thinks and analyses for a living knows a particular kind of sadness. It is not despair over one country’s crisis. It is the sense of an intellectual darkness settling over the whole region, deeper in some places …
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25 October
The Race for Data: Data Globalization in the Face of Digital Conflict
Dr. Nessrine Mesto-Assaad Imagine you are taking a picture in a small café in Egypt overlooking the Nile River. You keep the picture on your cloud server, and say to yourself, “I will not share it with anyone; I will keep it to myself.” This personal, spontaneous image …
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25 October
Washington’s Iraq Security Warning: A Cautionary Measure or Political Pressure?
Dana Ennab Washington’s renewed warning against travel to Iraq is more than a routine security advisory. It comes amid a regional crisis in which confrontation with Iran, attacks affecting Gulf states and concerns over threats to American personnel and interests are becoming increasingly interconnected. For Baghdad, the message …
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25 October
The Next Hostage Lies Beneath the Waves
For decades, the Strait of Hormuz has meant one thing: oil. Tehran is now pointing the world’s attention below the surface. On 21 October, a senior Revolutionary Guards general warned that Iran could target internet cables, including seven major cables running under the strait, if the United States …
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25 October
The War on Iran Could Produce the Opposite of What Washington and Tel Aviv Intended
Rania Al Horani The most consequential outcome of the US-Israeli war against Iran may not be decided on the battlefield. It may emerge instead from the diplomatic calculations of the Gulf states, which are increasingly confronted with a difficult question: is the greater threat to their security Iran …
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25 October
Jordan’s Test of Unity: The Attack in Karak and the Defence of National Cohesion
By Shehab Al-Makahleh The reported shooting attack in Jordan’s southern city of Karak has raised urgent questions about public security, religious coexistence and the resilience of the country’s social fabric. According to the initial report published by Rai Al-Youm on October 23, seven people were killed and dozens …
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24 October
The War in the Arab World: Caught Between Washington, Tehran and Tel Aviv
Amanda Lee The Middle East has entered a dangerous phase in which military superiority no longer guarantees political victory, alliances offer diminishing assurances of protection, and the costs of regional confrontation are increasingly borne by Arab societies. What began as an effort by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to reshape …
