Lebanon’s disarmament push reverberates in Iraq, deepening the divide between sovereignty advocates and those who see selective enforcement.

Syria is not Libya—it retains a state—but could become one if the world looks away: consolidate authority before withdrawal.

The genocide in Gaza has not ended; Israel plans long-term territorial annexation and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank.

Trump’s foreign policy revives a historical pattern: the U.S., like Rome, once a liberator, now imposes direct control.

North Africa faces relative security but underlying fragility, with a deepening security vortex linking Libya, the Sahel, and Sudan.

Israel’s Eurovision inclusion exposes Europe’s hypocrisy: Russia was banned for war; Israel is celebrated for genocide.

The Syrian army’s Aleppo operation broke a political deadlock, exposing the fragility of YPG alliances and shifting leverage to Damascus.

Trump’s dystopian Gaza plan strips Palestinians of agency; Europe must counter with a principled, Palestinian-owned alternative for reconstruction.

U.S. foreign policy has shifted from rules to raw power—coercion, conditional alliances, and strategic intimidation—testing global order.

Turkey’s 1997 coup targeted Muslim identity, but women paid the heaviest price—a legacy of discrimination still felt today.