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    Tuesday, September 22, 2026
    MEROMERO
    • Geopolitics

      Maritime chokepoints expose US two-theater error

      September 21, 2026 ARFA

      Hormuz closure proves US oil independence is a myth

      September 21, 2026 ARFA

      Syria-Lebanon relations shift from dominance to states

      September 20, 2026 ARFA

      Yemen quagmire: Saudi Arabia’s Vietnam moment

      September 19, 2026 ARFA

      Somaliland Recognition Would Blunt the Houthi Threat

      September 18, 2026 ARFA
    • Security

      US Strategic Overstretch: Iran War Lessons Reach Beijing

      September 22, 2026 ARFA

      Saudi oil routes expose the price Riyadh won’t pay

      September 21, 2026 ARFA

      PMF disarmament: concessions without real teeth

      September 21, 2026 ARFA

      Iran Deterrence Doctrine:From Patience to Counter-Escalation

      September 21, 2026 ARFA

      AI warfare: better accuracy, more civilian deaths

      September 20, 2026 ARFA
    • Analysis

      UN Decomposition: How U.S. Selectivity Is Breaking the UN

      September 22, 2026 ARFA

      Syria recovery is the Iran war’s forgotten front

      September 21, 2026 ARFA

      Gulf Maritime Mechanism: A Face-Saving Exit for Iran

      September 21, 2026 ARFA

      Why Hormuz Bypass Routes Need Redundancy, Not Substitutes

      September 20, 2026 ARFA

      Attrition Warfare: Three Gaps Washington Cannot Close

      September 19, 2026 ARFA
    • Policy Brief

      Iran Transnational Repression Turns Data into Hit Lists

      September 19, 2026 ARFA

      Israel’s next government must prioritize the Abraham Accords

      September 9, 2026 ARFA

      Trilateral Defence Agreement Drives Regional Security Shift

      August 21, 2026 ARFA

      Trump Lebanon Policy Risks Frontloading Rewards to Beirut

      August 13, 2026 ARFA

      Saudi-UAE Reconciliation Shows Managed Rift Amid Threats

      August 10, 2026 ARFA
    • MENA

      Morocco normalization with Israel reshapes North Africa

      September 19, 2026 ARFA

      Sudan partition emerges without a formal declaration

      September 16, 2026 ARFA

      Nile Dam Crisis Deepens as Ethiopia Plans Three New Dams

      September 8, 2026 ARFA

      US Libya Plan Risks Triggering Political Chaos

      August 24, 2026 ARFA

      Egypt Energy Crisis Forces Green Shift Amid War

      August 24, 2026 ARFA
    • Governance

      Israel election: the war policy outlives Netanyahu

      September 21, 2026 ARFA

      Iran power struggle erupts over Tehran protests

      September 19, 2026 ARFA

      Talabani exile looms as US cuts peshmerga subsidies

      September 17, 2026 ARFA

      Peshmerga Unification: A Mirage Washington Must See Through

      September 15, 2026 ARFA

      Saudi Women Empowerment: Access Without Real Agency

      September 15, 2026 ARFA
    • Economy

      Iran inflation and the limits of economic pressure

      September 21, 2026 ARFA

      Iran Shadow Economy: Adaptation Comes at a Rising

      September 16, 2026 ARFA

      US-Iran Economic War Cannot Break a Regime Built to Endure

      September 15, 2026 ARFA

      Gulf Infrastructure Spending Turns Crisis Into Advantage

      September 12, 2026 ARFA

      Why ‘D-Day’ was destined to be a dud

      September 10, 2026 ARFA
    • Energy

      China energy security weathers Hormuz but creates risk

      September 21, 2026 ARFA

      Fuel vulnerability is not about who produces oil

      September 21, 2026 ARFA

      Gulf bypass routes turn redundancy into rationing

      September 20, 2026 ARFA

      Russia Sanctions Bill Threatens Global Energy Trade

      September 11, 2026 ARFA

      Gulf Clean Energy Splits Between War and Opportunity

      September 10, 2026 ARFA
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    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.

    Security

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

    June 6, 2026 ARFA

    This strategic intelligence analysis reveals why matching low-cost aerial threats with high-cost interceptors creates an unsustainable defensive crisis.

    Geopolitics

    Russia’s Strategic Calculus After the Strikes on Iran

    June 6, 2026 ARFA

    Moscow’s response to the Iran strikes reveals deep structural limits beneath rhetorical solidarity, favoring diplomacy over military alliance.

    Geopolitics

    Iran and the Hidden Cost of Wartime Access

    June 6, 2026 ARFA

    US wartime access lets America fight anywhere, but Iranian retaliation reveals the hidden cost: host states become battlefields, threatening future access and wiser war decisions.

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