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    Thursday, March 5, 2026
    MEROMERO
    • Geopolitics

      Trump Ramps up pressure, What Lies Ahead for Iran?

      March 5, 2026 ARFA

      What Happened to Hezbollah’s Spearhead?

      March 5, 2026 ARFA

      Would Regime Change Solve the Iran Challenge? |State of Play

      March 5, 2026

      Iraq and Lebanon caught in crossfire as US, Iran signal rigidity

      March 4, 2026 ARFA

      U.S. and Israel Strike Iran – What Comes Next?

      March 4, 2026
    • Security

      Missile Barrage Tests Gulf Restraint Toward Iran

      March 5, 2026 ARFA

      Trump Is Playing a Dangerous Game With Iran

      March 5, 2026 ARFA

      Why Iran Won’t Balkanize

      March 5, 2026 ARFA

      Middle East NATO Office and Regional Security

      March 4, 2026 ARFA

      The Gulf Monarchies Are Caught Between Iran’s Desperation and the U.S.’s Recklessness

      March 4, 2026 ARFA
    • Analysis

      The surreal experience of meeting Khamenei

      March 5, 2026 ARFA

      Why Decapitation Will Not Solve the United States’ Iran Problem

      March 5, 2026 ARFA

      Trump’s Iran Campaign Ignores the Lessons of the Iraq War

      March 5, 2026 ARFA

      Will the STC’s dissolution bring Yemen closer to unity?

      March 4, 2026 ARFA

      Netanyahu’s biggest gamble

      March 4, 2026 ARFA
    • Policy Brief

      Trump’s other endless war: How a strike on Iran betrays his central promise

      March 5, 2026 ARFA

      Cracks in the Cooperation Between Hezbollah and Its Shiite Partner Amal

      March 5, 2026 ARFA

      Trump, the polls, and the war with Iran: What happened to the ‘President of Peace’?

      March 4, 2026 ARFA

      South Africa: Between Iran and a hard place (Donald Trump)

      March 4, 2026 ARFA

      Going native in the Trump jungle: How it became legal to attack Iran

      March 3, 2026 ARFA
    • MENA

      There is no solution in Sudan unless the two generals quit

      February 28, 2026 ARFA

      The Horn of Africa is being targeted for fragmentation

      February 27, 2026 ARFA

      North Africa’s strategic role between Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe

      February 26, 2026 ARFA

      Sudan’s civil war is the normalization of atrocity

      February 25, 2026 ARFA

      Tunisian Trade Union Women: Agents of Change

      February 25, 2026 ARFA
    • Governance

      A year after Assad: The search for Syria’s future

      March 5, 2026 ARFA

      Media a key pillar of Saudi Arabia’s reform architecture

      March 4, 2026 ARFA

      Tsunami of Anger Inside Hezbollah’s Support Base

      March 4, 2026 ARFA

      The martyrdom of Imam Khamenei and the revolution that no empire will be able to destroy

      March 3, 2026 ARFA

      Iran, war, and the illusion of control

      March 3, 2026 ARFA
    • Economy

      How US-Israel’s war on Iran may impact Indonesia’s economy?

      March 5, 2026 ARFA

      The Iran War Shakes Egypt’s Economy

      March 4, 2026 ARFA

      How Iran, China, and Russia Use the Shadow Fleet to Evade US Sanctions

      March 1, 2026 ARFA

      Iran’s self-reliance, despite American sanctions, stands as an inspiration for the world

      February 28, 2026 ARFA

      Governance by weather: Iran’s independence, priced in dollars

      February 27, 2026 ARFA
    • Energy

      Kurdistan oil is the Bermuda Triangle of international politics

      March 4, 2026 ARFA

      How the US and its allies can prevent an energy supply crisis in the Strait of Hormuz

      March 4, 2026 ARFA

      If Trump Strikes Iran: Mapping the Oil Disruption Scenarios

      March 2, 2026 ARFA

      Don’t worry about the Iran conflict’s impact on oil prices—yet

      March 2, 2026 ARFA

      Think a $35B gas deal will thaw Egypt toward Israel? Not so fast

      February 28, 2026 ARFA
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    Analysis

    Hamas and Israeli-backed militias: A looming showdown in Gaza

    February 25, 2026

    Hamas has threatened to eliminate Israeli-backed militias in Gaza, which operate under Israeli protection and are widely rejected by the public.

    Geopolitics

    Putin should worry about the Trump-Xi relationship

    February 25, 2026 ARFA

    The Trump-Xi rapprochement threatens to relegate Putin’s Russia to a secondary player; Beijing now has more to gain from the West.

    Policy Brief

    What Trump avoided in the State of the Union could haunt him in November

    February 25, 2026 ARFA

    Trump’s State of the Union avoided housing, health care, Epstein, and Iran, offering no new policy for the midterms.

    Security

    History tells us coercion through airpower alone won’t work

    February 25, 2026 ARFA

    History shows airpower alone rarely compels surrender; without a ground threat, bombing hardens resolve rather than breaks it.

    Policy Brief

    Huckabee’s Zionist dogma set to destroy the Middle East

    February 25, 2026 ARFA

    U.S. Ambassador Huckabee’s endorsement of full Israeli control over occupied territory signals a dangerous shift.

    Analysis

    How the Islamic Republic Made Islam Unpopular

    February 25, 2026 ARFA

    The Islamic Republic’s state-imposed religion has backfired, driving millions of Iranians away from Islam.

    MENA

    Tunisian Trade Union Women: Agents of Change

    February 25, 2026 ARFA

    Tunisia’s 2011 revolution was fueled by the UGTT, where women trade unionists played an instrumental but overlooked role.

    Geopolitics

    Türkiye-Iraq Relations in Context

    February 25, 2026

    Türkiye and Iraq are deepening ties through security cooperation against the PKK and the multibillion-dollar Development Road Project.

    Security

    In southern Yemen, political games threaten hard-won security

    February 25, 2026 ARFA

    Southern Yemen, which fought al-Qaeda for a decade, now faces a new threat: political, as Saudi airstrikes target its forces.

    Policy Brief

    Iran’s internet blackouts shield state brutality in a decade of dissent

    February 25, 2026 ARFA

    For a decade, Iran has deployed internet blackouts as a shield for mass repression, enabling unchecked lethal force.

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