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    Thursday, March 5, 2026
    MEROMERO
    • Geopolitics

      Strategic Escalation and Conflict Sustainability in the US-Iran War

      March 5, 2026 ARFA

      Iran Is Pushing Its Neighbors Toward the United States

      March 5, 2026 ARFA

      How Iran war may accelerate the fall of US empire

      March 5, 2026 ARFA

      Why Iran and Lebanon matter, and who shapes what comes next

      March 5, 2026 ARFA

      Trump Ramps up pressure, What Lies Ahead for Iran?

      March 5, 2026 ARFA
    • Security

      Disarmament as a means, not an end: A practical strategy for Gaza’s governing transition

      March 5, 2026 AR

      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
    • Analysis

      Kurdish Nationalism Rears its Head in Syria

      March 5, 2026 ARFA

      Debunked and confirmed: Myths and realities from the Iran war

      March 5, 2026 ARFA

      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
    • 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

      Quest for sea access and great power rivalry: New geopolitical fault lines in the Horn of Africa

      March 5, 2026 ARFA

      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
    • Governance

      Trump wants Iranians to ‘take back their country’ from the regime. Can they?

      March 5, 2026 ARFA

      How will Khamenei’s death impact the balance of power in Iran?

      March 5, 2026 ARFA

      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
    • 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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    Security

    If It breaks, Will Hezbollah Enter the War in Defense of Iran?

    February 24, 2026 AR

    Hezbollah says it will not be neutral if the U.S. attacks Iran, but its capabilities are degraded and Lebanon shattered.

    Analysis

    Iran: The Authorities and the Clergy

    February 24, 2026 ARFA

    Iran’s regime is turning on its own clergy, lambasting them for luxury, lost connection, and dependence on state funds.

    Policy Brief

    A “Good Deal” with Iran? Requirements for Preventing a Future Nuclear Breakout

    February 24, 2026 FA

    A new Iran deal must structurally prevent breakout: 50-year horizon, zero enrichment, intrusive verification, and a ban on missile-nuclear integration.

    Security

    There Can Be a Nuclear Deal with Iran, but Not a Missile Deal

    February 24, 2026 ARFA

    Iran can agree to a nuclear deal, but not on missiles—they are now its only deterrent after Hezbollah’s erosion.

    Analysis

    Peace in name only: Why Trump’s Board of Peace does not help Gaza?

    February 24, 2026 ARFA

    Trump’s Board of Peace, launched without UN legitimacy, risks replacing international law with power politics.

    Security

    Strikes push Lebanon’s ceasefire toward collapse

    February 24, 2026 ARFA

    Lebanon’s ceasefire is collapsing under near-daily Israeli strikes, deepening a humanitarian emergency in a country already shattered by economic collapse.

    MENA

    The Largest Displacement Crisis in the World: The Deteriorating Humanitarian Situation in Sudan

    February 24, 2026 ARFA

    Sudan’s civil war has created the world’s largest displacement crisis, with 9 million displaced and 25 million in need.

    Security

    Quwwat al-Fajr and Hezbollah: Unlikely Allies Against Israel

    February 24, 2026 ARFA

    Lebanon’s Sunni Quwwat al-Fajr has joined Hezbollah against Israel, a significant and divisive shift within the Sunni community.

    Security

    With Washington’s help, the Kurds are losing their grip in Syria

    February 24, 2026 ARFA

    Syria’s Kurds are losing their grip as Washington pivots to Damascus, backing Syrian unity over SDF autonomy.

    Geopolitics

    Does MAGA want Trump to ‘make regime change great again’?

    February 24, 2026 ARFA

    Trump, once the anti-regime-change candidate, is now boasting of coups in Venezuela and threatening Cuba, Mexico, and Iran.

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