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    Monday, June 8, 2026
    MEROMERO
    • Geopolitics

      The Middle East’s Regional War Flows Through Lebanon

      June 8, 2026 ARFA

      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
    • Security

      Countering Iran’s Latest Smart Control Gambit in the Strait of Hormuz

      June 8, 2026 ARFA

      Understanding Iran’s 3,000-Mile Battlefront

      June 8, 2026 ARFA

      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
    • Analysis

      The victory that wasn’t: Netanyahu and the Iran war

      June 8, 2026 ARFA

      The ultimate hostage negotiation: Why Iran talks are deadlocked

      June 8, 2026 ARFA

      With viral Lego videos, Iran stakes claim as a propaganda power player

      June 8, 2026 ARFA

      Iran’s Next Internet Blackout Is Inevitable

      June 8, 2026 ARFA

      The Day After in Cuba

      June 8, 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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    Geopolitics

    Is It Time for the US to Step Back from the Persian Gulf?

    May 23, 2026 ARFA

    An analytical breakdown of why the current US Strategy in the Persian Gulf is colliding with fiscal limits and failing to provide genuine stability.

    Geopolitics

    How to Restore US Leadership After the Iran War

    May 23, 2026 ARFA

    Analyze how the intense Iran War and US Leadership friction depletes western military stockpiles and reshapes international maritime coalitions.

    Analysis

    Why Netanyahu leaked his secret wartime visit to the UAE

    May 23, 2026 ARFA

    Netanyahu’s unilateral leak of a secret UAE wartime visit exposes the volatile collision between domestic political survival and fragile Gulf security.

    Analysis

    How can Europe shape the Iran war’s aftermath?

    May 23, 2026 ARFA

    European strategic autonomy faces a definitive trial as regional chaos forces a diplomatic coalition to secure global markets.

    Economy

    How much is Donald Trump costing America’s economy?

    May 23, 2026 ARFA

    Analyzing the structural policy frictions anchoring America’s true economic output despite strong tech spending.

    Analysis

    From Nakba to fascist parades: How Britain’s far right threatens Muslims and Jews

    May 23, 2026 ARFA

    Examining the volatile trajectory from Nakba to fascist street mobilization reveals the systematic targeting of Muslims and Jews in contemporary Britain.

    Geopolitics

    Hormuz Is a Warning for the Indo-Pacific

    May 23, 2026 ARFA

    The geopolitical fallout from the Middle East highlights vulnerabilities in global shipping, validating that Hormuz is a warning for Asian sea-lanes.

    Security

    iran’s Drone Strategy (Part 2): Preventing Postwar Rebuilding and Advancements

    May 23, 2026 ARFA

    This intelligence brief analyzes how the U.S. and its regional allies can implement nonkinetic strategies to counter the expansion of Iran’s drone strategy.

    Security

    Iran’s Drone Strategy (Part 1): Wartime Performance and Adaptations

    May 23, 2026 ARFA

    This intelligence brief examines how Iran’s resilient drone program adapted to heavy allied airstrikes, shifting to a potent war of attrition.

    Geopolitics

    Saudi Arabia’s Islamist Gamble

    May 22, 2026 ARFA

    Riyadh’s domestic campaign against political Islam clashes with its regional proxy alignments,exposing the critical security trade-offs of Saudi Arabia’s choice

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