Middle East

Melanie Smith The United States can launch a missile in minutes. Replacing it may take years. That gap between the speed of modern warfare and the slower pace of industrial production is emerging as one of the most consequential strategic lessons of the war with Iran. The conflict …

America’s elections will not change its Israel policy. They may change the Democrats’ A shifting party, a constrained Congress and a long wait until 2029 Whatever happens on November 3rd, American policy towards Israel and Palestine will remain in Donald Trump’s hands. Even a Democratic Congress could hold …

Maya Berri The relationship between the United States and Israel has long been described as exceptional, built on strategic cooperation, military assistance, shared political interests and close personal ties between leaders. Yet beneath that partnership lies a persistent tension: how far should either country go in influencing the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …