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    Saturday, April 25, 2026
    MEROMERO
    • Geopolitics

      How to Cut China Out of Iran’s Defense Supply Chains

      April 24, 2026 ARFA

      How China and Russia Can Exploit the Iran War

      April 23, 2026 ARFA

      War has significantly altered major Trump meeting with Xi

      April 22, 2026 ARFA

      The Iran war has forced the US-Gulf alliance out of the shadows

      April 22, 2026 ARFA

      How the Iran War Is Eroding the Gulf States’ World

      April 21, 2026 ARFA
    • Security

      A Strategic Risk and Legal Ambiguity: A Managed Confrontation in Hormuz

      April 24, 2026 ARFA

      The Iran War Is a Stress Test for Gulf States

      April 24, 2026 ARFA

      Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea: The Shift from Piracy to Proxy Conflicts

      April 24, 2026 ARFA

      What the Iran War Means for Nuclear Proliferation

      April 24, 2026 ARFA

      After the Iran War: Israel and the Threat of Nuclear War

      April 23, 2026 ARFA
    • Analysis

      Iran War Is Souring Americans on the Middle East

      April 24, 2026 FA

      Kuwait’s Bidun in the Face of Climate Change are Invisible, yet Exposed

      April 24, 2026 ARFA

      Iran has a long history of defying bullies. Trump has reaped the whirlwind

      April 24, 2026 ARFA

      A ceasefire without meaning and a strait without horizon: How the war betrayed Iranian hopes

      April 24, 2026 ARFA

      How Pakistan’s Military Became the Country’s Diplomatic Corps

      April 24, 2026 ARFA
    • Policy Brief

      Is the EU willing to deconstruct colonialism and its role in maintaining it?

      April 24, 2026 ARFA

      What does Trump mean when he warns, ‘Don’t rush me’ in Iran?

      April 24, 2026 ARFA

      Judge Jared Kushner by What He Changed

      April 23, 2026 ARFA

      Why speculation about China arming Iran is way off base

      April 22, 2026 ARFA

      GOP senators ponder giving Trump official blessing for Iran war

      April 22, 2026 ARFA
    • MENA

      Warlord Haftar is tightening his grip on Libya, with a US imprimatur

      April 24, 2026 ARFA

      Progress without justice: why Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi’s killing is unlikely to reach a courtroom

      April 17, 2026 ARFA

      After 3 years of fighting, Sudan’s civil war is only getting worse

      April 17, 2026 ARFA

      Can France and Algeria get their relationship back on track?

      April 1, 2026 ARFA

      Israel’s push for Somaliland base raises fears of wider war

      March 13, 2026 ARFA
    • Governance

      Can Sistani save Iraq from its predicament?

      April 22, 2026 ARFA

      All the Pieces Are Lining up for Regime Change in Iran

      April 7, 2026 ARFA

      The bomb and the ayatollah: Islamic just war and the nuclear question in post-Khamenei Iran

      April 7, 2026 ARFA

      The Real War for Iran’s Future, Who Will Determine the Fate of the Islamic Republic?

      March 31, 2026 ARFA

      Regime Change in Iran Is the Only Path to Middle East Peace

      March 30, 2026 ARFA
    • Economy

      The Gulf War: Hidden Vulnerabilities and Strategic Failures

      April 24, 2026 ARFA

      Here’s what the stock market might have gotten wrong about the Iran war

      April 23, 2026 ARFA

      The Strait of Hormuz closure forces a choice: Ration oil now or pay a steep price later

      April 22, 2026 ARFA

      How to Fight an Economic War

      April 21, 2026

      What’s Next for Oil Markets After the Ceasefire Agreement?

      April 21, 2026 ARFA
    • Energy

      Iran’s War on Iraq’s Oil Industry

      April 22, 2026 ARFA

      Why the US’s Financial Efforts to Keep the Hormuz Strait Open Failed

      April 21, 2026 ARFA

      Strait of Hormuz is open, but economic pain is just beginning

      April 21, 2026 ARFA

      How the Iran War Is Inadvertently Boosting Our Energy Transition

      April 20, 2026 ARFA

      Waves of Hormuz Hit Lebanon

      April 18, 2026 ARFA
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    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.

    Security

    Iran “gone wild” in Dimona: Is Tehran using Israel-US ‘Madman Doctrine’?

    March 22, 2026 ARFA

    Iran adopts Israel’s escalation doctrine, striking Dimona after Natanz attack to create mutual unpredictability and challenge traditional deterrence.

    Analysis

    What Is Israel Trying to Accomplish in Lebanon?

    March 22, 2026 ARFA

    Israel exploits Hezbollah’s weakened state to degrade its capabilities through sustained military pressure while deterring future cross-border attacks.

    Analysis

    No naval escort for Trump: US allies and the Strait of Hormuz

    March 22, 2026 ARFA

    Allies refuse Hormuz naval escort requests despite condemning Iran, revealing Trump’s isolation and alliance system emptiness amid war.

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