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    Sunday, June 7, 2026
    MEROMERO
    • Geopolitics

      How War with Iran Undermines Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific

      June 7, 2026 ARFA

      Amid concerns US-Iran deal could falter, Mideast powers push it forward

      June 7, 2026 ARFA

      A Geographic and Social Reconfiguration in Lebanon

      June 7, 2026 ARFA

      Between Trump and Tehran: Why Oman’s neutrality is under strain

      June 6, 2026 ARFA

      Russia’s Strategic Calculus After the Strikes on Iran

      June 6, 2026 ARFA
    • Security

      Inside Iraq’s race to rebuild its fragmented air defences

      June 7, 2026 ARFA

      Israel’s Security Means Insecurity in the Middle East

      June 7, 2026 ARFA

      The Iran problem won’t be solved without a counter-drone coalition

      June 6, 2026 ARFA

      Europe Should Not Let Nuclear Nonproliferation Die

      June 6, 2026 ARFA

      An Army of “Sons of the Regions”: Syria’s Post-Assad Military Order

      June 6, 2026 ARFA
    • Analysis

      Saying ‘we won’ the Iran war is easy. Now’s the hard part

      June 7, 2026 ARFA

      Pushing Beirut into an Armed Conflict With Hezbollah Is Insane

      June 7, 2026 ARFA

      The battle for Al-Aqsa: How Israel is reshaping the status quo

      June 6, 2026 ARFA

      Trump Is Stuck Between Two Realities. Neither Serves the American People

      June 6, 2026 ARFA

      Iran Thinks Time Is Its Best Weapon Against America. Trump Needs to Take That off the Table

      June 5, 2026 ARFA
    • Policy Brief

      U.S. Must Apply Strict Conditions Before Lifting Syria’s Terrorism Designation

      June 7, 2026 ARFA

      Israel’s pressure is testing America’s Iran diplomacy

      June 3, 2026 ARFA

      Syria’s New Government Appointments: More Continuity Than Change

      June 2, 2026 ARFA

      Iraq’s new Prime Minister cannot fix its broken politics

      June 1, 2026 ARFA

      Trump’s Missions Unaccomplished on Foreign Policy

      June 1, 2026 ARFA
    • MENA

      An oil windfall will not fix Libya’s economy

      May 27, 2026 ARFA

      The War in Ethiopia Isn’t Over

      May 26, 2026 ARFA

      Vanishing horizon: why Sudan’s civil war is getting harder to solve

      May 24, 2026 ARFA

      Dispatch from Libya: Why the US needs a renewed counterterrorism commitment in Africa

      May 13, 2026 ARFA

      Mali Is on the Brink of Collapse—and Europe Should Be Worried

      May 11, 2026 ARFA
    • Governance

      Iran’s revolution was not destined to end in clerical rule

      May 19, 2026 ARFA

      Between Governance and Resistance

      May 19, 2026 ARFA

      The dangerous allure of a post-Netanyahu Israel

      May 18, 2026 ARFA

      A Shadow Conflict Is Growing Inside Iran’s Armed Forces

      May 16, 2026 ARFA

      Why Iraq’s Politics Haven’t Changed

      May 10, 2026 ARFA
    • Economy

      Türkiye’s proposed maritime bill risks reigniting old rivalries

      June 1, 2026 ARFA

      5 Numbers That Defy the Trump Economy Doomers

      June 1, 2026 ARFA

      Why China’s Economy Is Weaker Than You Think

      May 31, 2026 ARFA

      Syria’s New Investment Law and the Return of State-Mediated Market Access

      May 29, 2026 ARFA

      More Iran war? There goes the neighborhood, and world economy

      May 26, 2026 ARFA
    • Energy

      Iranian Oil Exports Nosedive After U.S. Blockade Begins

      June 4, 2026 ARFA

      Bypassing the straits: The India-Middle East-Europe corridor needs a wartime redesign

      May 28, 2026 ARFA

      Dying in Diesel protests: Africa slammed by Iran war energy crisis

      May 27, 2026 ARFA

      The anatomy of a fracture: The structural forces behind the UAE’s OPEC exit

      May 24, 2026 ARFA

      MENA Energy Recap, Q1-2026: Four Lessons From the Return of Tail Risk

      May 24, 2026 ARFA
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    Security

    Inside Iraq’s race to rebuild its fragmented air defences

    June 7, 2026 ARFA

    Iraq’s race to rebuild its air defences after the Iran war shifts toward Korean missiles and Turkish systems, but integration remains the real challenge.

    Geopolitics

    How War with Iran Undermines Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific

    June 7, 2026 ARFA

    This strategic brief reveals how intensive military operations deplete finite weapons reserves, compromising critical Indo-Pacific deterrence frameworks.

    Geopolitics

    Amid concerns US-Iran deal could falter, Mideast powers push it forward

    June 7, 2026 ARFA

    Mideast powers are reshaping diplomacy around the faltering U.S.-Iran deal, prioritizing stability over victory to prevent another cycle of war.

    Analysis

    Saying ‘we won’ the Iran war is easy. Now’s the hard part

    June 7, 2026 ARFA

    Ending the Iran war requires abandoning decisive victory for a messy political arrangement that salvages oil prices and presidential credibility.

    Policy Brief

    U.S. Must Apply Strict Conditions Before Lifting Syria’s Terrorism Designation

    June 7, 2026 ARFA

    Conditional removal of Syria’s terrorism designation is the only path to align U.S. leverage with genuine counterterrorism reforms on the ground.

    Security

    Israel’s Security Means Insecurity in the Middle East

    June 7, 2026 ARFA

    Israel’s security doctrine produces permanent insecurity in neighboring countries,turning war itself into the primary arrangement rather than a bridge to peace.

    Geopolitics

    A Geographic and Social Reconfiguration in Lebanon

    June 7, 2026 ARFA

    Israeli encroachment and internal suspicion are shrinking Lebanon’s geography and breaking its social fabric beyond repair.

    Analysis

    Pushing Beirut into an Armed Conflict With Hezbollah Is Insane

    June 7, 2026 ARFA

    The contemporary Levant demands absolute strategic lucidity, yet current Washington rhetoric risks miscalculating the delicate…

    Geopolitics

    Between Trump and Tehran: Why Oman’s neutrality is under strain

    June 6, 2026 ARFA

    Trump’s threat to “blow up” Oman signals a seismic shift in Gulf security architecture and endangers Washington’s most reliable regional mediator.

    Analysis

    The battle for Al-Aqsa: How Israel is reshaping the status quo

    June 6, 2026 ARFA

    Israel is quietly winning the battle for Al-Aqsa through prayer time controls and police authority, erasing the status quo stone by stone.

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