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    Tuesday, September 22, 2026
    MEROMERO
    • Geopolitics

      Middle Power Hedging: Insurance Against an Unreliable US

      September 22, 2026 ARFA

      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
    • 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

      Iran Oil Revenue, Not Ideology, Sustains the Regime

      September 22, 2026 ARFA

      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
    • 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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    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.

    Analysis

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

    June 6, 2026 ARFA

    Trump’s Iran Dilemma leaves him unable to win the war or accept a deal, stranding policy in self-contradiction.

    Geopolitics

    Iran war soured Gulf Arabs on Iraq. Can new leader in Baghdad win them back?

    June 6, 2026 ARFA

    Iraq-Gulf relations hang by a thread as Baghdad’s new leader fights militias, U.S. pressure, and Gulf distrust.

    Security

    Europe Should Not Let Nuclear Nonproliferation Die

    June 6, 2026 ARFA

    Europe must revive nuclear nonproliferation leadership now—before the NPT’s authority craters and more nations pursue the bomb.

    Security

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

    June 6, 2026 ARFA

    Syria’s Post-Assad military order replaces centralized control with regionally embedded armed factions, reshaping state power from the ground up.

    Geopolitics

    How the Iran War Is Reshaping turkey

    June 6, 2026 ARFA

    The Iran war is reshaping turkey by exposing NATO’s missile defense as functional while Ankara’s Russian S-400 stays dormant.

    Security

    Middle East Conflict Spurs New Displacement

    June 6, 2026 ARFA

    Joint U.S.-Israeli strikes ignite mass displacement across Iran and Lebanon, overwhelming neighboring states and global aid systems already at breaking point.

    Analysis

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

    June 5, 2026 ARFA

    Iran thinks time is its best weapon against American impatience. Trump can neutralize that advantage by removing timelines and rejecting half-measures.

    Analysis

    Why Does No One Care About the World Cup This Year?

    June 5, 2026 ARFA

    Club soccer’s year-round dominance and political fractures over national identity have quietly drained the World Cup of its old global power.

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

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