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    Tuesday, September 29, 2026
    MEROMERO
    • Geopolitics

      China-Gulf Relations: Economics First, Security Last

      September 29, 2026 ARFA

      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
    • Security

      Iran War Deadlock: Neither Side Can Afford to Stop First

      September 29, 2026 ARFA

      Unified Peshmerga Could Deny Iran a Vital Base in Iraq

      September 29, 2026 ARFA

      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
    • Analysis

      Sanctioned Iranian Airlines Fly as Turkey Pays No Price

      September 29, 2026 ARFA

      October 7 Lessons Will Shape Israel Beyond Any Election

      September 29, 2026 ARFA

      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
    • Policy Brief

      Israel Lobby Punishes US Critics It Cannot Persuade

      September 29, 2026 ARFA

      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
    • 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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    Energy

    Water on the brink: A warning to the Gulf in an age of American militarism

    March 23, 2026 ARFA

    Gulf water security threatened by US military presence that invites retaliation against desalination infrastructure, demanding sovereignty over survival.

    Security

    Iran war strategy: Peace through resistance

    March 23, 2026 ARFA

    Iran pivots from patience to offensive punishment strategy, exploiting asymmetric advantages to impose unsustainable costs on US and Israel.

    Geopolitics

    The road to Beijing doesn’t run through Tehran

    March 23, 2026 ARFA

    Iran war cannibalizes Indo-Pacific military readiness and munitions while China avoids costs, gaining strategic advantage in great-power competition.

    Economy

    Why the Iran War Has Been a Godsend for Vladimir Putin

    March 23, 2026 ARFA

    Putin gains from Iran war through oil windfalls and US distraction despite reversed drone supply dynamics with Tehran.

    Security

    Iran’s strike near Dimona raises old questions about Israel’s nuclear secrets

    March 23, 2026 ARFA

    Dimona strike exposes fragility of Israel’s nuclear secrecy as Iran demonstrates reach to most sensitive facility despite defense systems.

    Security

    The destruction of Gaza has not ended

    March 23, 2026 ARFA

    Gaza’s devastation continues as world forgets, with historian documenting 15,000 child deaths and international indifference to ongoing Palestinian suffering.

    Analysis

    America Has No Good Options in Iran

    March 23, 2026 ARFA

    US-Iran war becomes strategic quagmire as asymmetric conflict favors Tehran’s endurance over Washington’s undefined regime change objectives.

    Security

    The $1.3-Million-a-Minute War

    March 23, 2026 ARFA

    Trillion-dollar war cost could fund education, healthcare, and save millions of lives, exposing skewed priorities toward military destruction.

    Analysis

    Findings of a Flash Survey—Two Weeks into Operation Roaring Lion

    March 23, 2026 ARFA

    Israeli public war support stays strong but optimism wanes as home front resilience assessments shift toward longer endurance expectations.

    Analysis

    Trump Has Made a Fundamental Miscalculation about Iran

    March 22, 2026 ARFA

    Incoherent Iran war justifications reveal administration’s delight in violence while abandoning American traditions of moral purpose and strategic restraint.

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