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    Tuesday, September 29, 2026
    MEROMERO
    • Geopolitics

      The Fall of Bab al-Mandab Puts Saudi Oil at Risk

      September 28, 2026 ARFA

      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
    • Security

      China Djibouti Base Upgrades Turn Trade Into Surveillance

      September 28, 2026 ARFA

      Why the US Defense Industrial Base Fails in Drone Warfare

      September 28, 2026 ARFA

      Iranian Supersonic Missiles Carry Russian Fingerprints

      September 27, 2026 ARFA

      US Precision Strikes in Iran Make War Crime Deniable

      September 27, 2026 ARFA

      Pakistan Security Guarantees Cover the Wrong Threats

      September 27, 2026 ARFA
    • Analysis

      US-Oman Relations: Bombed in Rhetoric, Needed in Practice

      September 28, 2026 ARFA

      Saudi Dependency: Riyadh Distrusts the US but Cannot Leave

      September 28, 2026 ARFA

      Data Center Backlash May Hand Gulf States Leverage Over US

      September 28, 2026 ARFA

      Operation Epic Fury Wins the Battle, Loses the Peace

      September 28, 2026 ARFA

      Houthi-Iran Alliance: Why the Hezbollah Analogy Falls Short

      September 27, 2026 ARFA
    • Policy Brief

      Trump-Xi Talks: A Floor for Ties, Not a Fix for Rivalry

      September 28, 2026 ARFA

      Israel Aid Shift Is Mainstream, Not a Left Takeover

      September 27, 2026 ARFA

      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
    • 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

      Kurdish Insurgency Could Cut Off Iran’s Land Lifeline

      September 28, 2026 ARFA

      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
    • Energy

      Hormuz Bypass Plans Rest on Fragmented Middle East States

      September 28, 2026 ARFA

      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
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    Geopolitics

    The Iran War and the Politicization of the US–Israel Relationship

    March 30, 2026 ARFA

    Support for Israel declines among Democrats and young Americans. Israel risks becoming a partisan wedge issue with lasting consequences.

    Security

    The US-Israel war on Iran has opened a regional Pandora’s box

    March 30, 2026 ARFA

    US wants regime change; Israel wants fragmentation. Iran targets Gulf infrastructure. Hosting US bases now means being a target.

    Analysis

    Talks without balance: Why Tehran and Trump remain locked in escalation

    March 30, 2026 ARFA

    Iran demands balance before talks. Trump cannot pause without looking weak. Negotiation is colonized by war itself.

    Security

    How Congress Can Prevent a Quagmire in Iran

    March 30, 2026 ARFA

    Prohibit ground invasion, limit air campaign duration. Approve $60–75 billion, not $200 billion. Reassert Congress into war powers.

    Analysis

    Secularism and Sacred Narratives: The Contradictions of US Political Rhetoric in the 2026 Iran War

    March 30, 2026 ARFA

    Secular in law, religious in wartime rhetoric. Cold War, Iraq, Iran repeat the pattern. Structural contradiction undermines credibility.

    Policy Brief

    War in Iran and the nuclear non-proliferation regime: a perspective from Pakistan

    March 30, 2026 ARFA

    Iran paid the price for something it did not possess. The NPT’s “grand bargain” is undermined. Proliferation risks grow.

    Analysis

    Mapping the damage: Iranian strikes on the GCC

    March 30, 2026 ARFA

    Iran targets energy and transport across all GCC states. Diplomacy failed. US prioritized Israel. GCC seeks UK, France, Ukraine partnerships.

    Geopolitics

    A regional union or a union of isolation between Iraq and Iran?

    March 29, 2026 ARFA

    Iran proposes a union with no members. Iraq is the last wall. This is not a project—it is an emergency exit.

    Analysis

    How Trump’s regime has become captive to its own lies

    March 29, 2026 ARFA

    Truth is replaced by performance. Victory is announced, not achieved. The world no longer believes. Suez 1956 repeats.

    Security

    When power becomes a trap: America’s strategic deadlock in Iran

    March 29, 2026 ARFA

    Power expands choices in theory but traps in practice. Iran hardens under pressure. Asymmetric resilience defeats coercion. Diplomacy is constrained. Status quo erodes.

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