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    Saturday, September 26, 2026
    MEROMERO
    • Geopolitics

      Iraqi Development Road Risks Becoming a Contract Arena

      September 26, 2026 ARFA

      Vision 2030 Trades Grand Ambition for Must-Do Projects

      September 26, 2026 ARFA

      Three Ruptures Are Ending Pax Americana in the Middle East

      September 25, 2026 ARFA

      Lebanon Partition Would Deny Turkey the State It Needs

      September 24, 2026 ARFA

      China Support for Iran Exposes Limits of US Sanctions

      September 23, 2026 ARFA
    • Security

      Asymmetric War Lets Iran Trap Washington in a Quagmire

      September 26, 2026 ARFA

      US Overseas Bases Slip From Tripwire to Iranian Bullseye

      September 26, 2026 ARFA

      Cheap Drone Warfare Lets Iran Outlast US Missile Stocks

      September 26, 2026 ARFA

      Houthis Advance, Closing Saudi’s Last Oil Escape Route

      September 26, 2026 ARFA

      Saudi Defense: America Leaves Riyadh Alone Under Fire

      September 24, 2026 ARFA
    • Analysis

      US Support for Israel Faces a 56-Point Generation Gap

      September 26, 2026 ARFA

      Saudi Strategy Backfires as Yes-Men Keep Shielding MBS

      September 26, 2026 ARFA

      US-Houthi Talks Test Whether Iran Wears Washington Down

      September 26, 2026 ARFA

      US-Gulf Relations Shift From Oil to Technology

      September 26, 2026 ARFA

      Iraq Press Freedom Trades One Monopoly for Many Masters

      September 25, 2026 ARFA
    • Policy Brief

      Trump UN Speech Puts the Burden of Choice on Tehran

      September 24, 2026 ARFA

      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
    • 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

      Iran Police Cadets Are Built on a Regime’s Distrust

      September 25, 2026 ARFA

      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
    • Economy

      Turkey-Iran Flights Halt as Ankara Scrambles From Treasury

      September 25, 2026 ARFA

      UAE Space Economy: Iran Hits Earth, Emirates Reach Orbit

      September 23, 2026 ARFA

      Bank Mellat Closure: Erdogan Talks Tough, Turkey Acts Quiet

      September 23, 2026 ARFA

      Syria Economic Crisis: Austerity Backfires on Sharaa

      September 23, 2026 ARFA

      Iran War Economy: The Wrong People Pay the Price

      September 22, 2026 ARFA
    • Energy

      Hormuz Shuttle Tankers Sail On After Deadly Iranian Hit

      September 24, 2026 ARFA

      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
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    Geopolitics

    Turkey Sees Short-Term Pain, Long-Term Gain in the Iran War

    April 20, 2026 ARFA

    Turkey bets on Iran war to become energy hub, arms exporter, and Istanbul as Dubai’s rival.

    Analysis

    The Lebanon Cease-fire and the Long Game

    April 20, 2026 ARFA

    Lebanon must disarm Hezbollah to extend the truce; Israel retains full self-defense rights.

    Analysis

    Hamas Reiterates Refusal To Disarm, Placing Gaza Ceasefire in Jeopardy

    April 20, 2026 ARFA

    The ceasefire plan in Gaza has hit a roadblock in the shape of Hamas’s continuing…

    Geopolitics

    How the Iran war is helping Lebanon and Israel tiptoe toward peace

    April 20, 2026 ARFA

    Battlefield blows against Hezbollah open a rare diplomatic window for Israeli-Lebanese peace.

    Energy

    How the Iran War Is Inadvertently Boosting Our Energy Transition

    April 20, 2026 ARFA

    Hormuz chaos boosts EVs globally, handing China an unexpected advantage in the energy transition.

    Security

    Why Has America Lost So Many MQ-9 Reaper Drones Against Iran?

    April 20, 2026 ARFA

    Slow, radar-visible, and predictable: Iran exposes the MQ-9 Reaper’s limits in contested skies.

    Analysis

    ‘All changed with the genocide’: Palestinian women and girls face brutal abuse in Israeli jails

    April 20, 2026 ARFA

    700+ Palestinian women arrested. Starvation, isolation, rape threats. 90 dead in Israeli custody.

    Security

    Why the Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Won’t Hold

    April 20, 2026 ARFA

    Disarming Hezbollah is unattainable. Excluding its political base guarantees the Lebanon ceasefire will fail.

    Analysis

    The Long Road to Disarming Hezbollah—A DDR Model for Lebanon

    April 19, 2026 ARFA

    DDR model for Hezbollah: phased disarmament, state monopoly on force, and Israel-Lebanon peace talks.

    Economy

    Dollar dominance is surviving the Iran war – just about

    April 19, 2026 ARFA

    Dollar safe haven holds—but only because US energy and arms production insulate it from war shocks.

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