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    Monday, April 27, 2026
    MEROMERO
    • Geopolitics

      A Taiwan crisis would cause far more global economic damage than Strait of Hormuz disruption

      April 26, 2026 ARFA

      Starving the militias: Washington’s smartest move against Iran’s proxies

      April 25, 2026 ARFA

      Why Azerbaijan and Iran Stepped Away from Confrontation

      April 25, 2026 ARFA

      The Iran war is reshaping the China-Gulf economic model

      April 25, 2026

      What Orban’s exit means for the future of EU-Israel relations

      April 25, 2026 ARFA
    • Security

      A new attack on the rituals that define US democracy

      April 27, 2026 ARFA

      Private Industry Needs Anti-Drone Defenses Too

      April 27, 2026 ARFA

      Who is responsible when an AI weapon pulls the trigger?

      April 27, 2026 ARFA

      How Hezbollah Is Planning to Sabotage Israel-Lebanon Peace

      April 27, 2026 ARFA

      The ‘US blockade’ of Iran: How It Might Function (Or Not!)

      April 26, 2026 ARFA
    • Analysis

      How Lebanon’s Sunnis Approach Peace With Israel

      April 27, 2026 ARFA

      The Conspiracy Theory Behind Tucker Carlson’s Apology

      April 26, 2026 ARFA

      The mandate to speak: Before the world goes dark

      April 26, 2026 ARFA

      The Iranian people are not waiting to thank Trump

      April 26, 2026 ARFA

      Defiling statues of Jesus: Israel’s counterfeit outrage at cultural vandalism

      April 26, 2026 ARFA
    • Policy Brief

      Can the US-Israel ‘Special Relationship’ Survive the Iran War?

      April 27, 2026 ARFA

      The law sets a 60-day limit on unauthorized wars. Will Trump respect it?

      April 26, 2026 ARFA

      Pakistan’s new clout puts it at centre of fragile geopolitical web

      April 25, 2026 ARFA

      How Rafael Grossi Would Lead the United Nations: Three Interview TakeawaysThe next

      April 25, 2026 ARFA

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

      April 24, 2026 ARFA
    • MENA

      US military exercise brings Libya’s rival factions together

      April 26, 2026 ARFA

      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
    • Governance

      Has Iran’s ideology actually hardened?

      April 26, 2026 ARFA

      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
    • Economy

      April 2026 update to TIGER: A year of economic healing turns into a year of peril

      April 26, 2026 ARFA

      UAE’s dollar swap threats show how brittle these US alliances can be

      April 26, 2026

      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
    • 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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    Security

    Military Options for Reopening the Strait of Hormuz: Limitations and Imperatives

    March 24, 2026 ARFA

    US military options to reopen Hormuz combine convoys, coastal strikes, and economic pressure to break Iran’s stranglehold on global energy.

    Economy

    The Hormuz Strait: a vital oil lifeline to the world

    March 23, 2026 ARFA

    Hormuz Strait’s 20 million daily oil barrels and 20% global LNG make it the world’s most consequential energy chokepoint.

    Analysis

    Hezbollah’s Ever-Shifting Definition of Victory

    March 23, 2026 ARFA

    Hezbollah’s adaptable victory concept serves Iranian interests while Lebanese civilians pay ultimate price for group’s strategic calculations.

    Analysis

    “Either with us or against us”: Field Marshal sectarianism in the Zionist war on Iran

    March 23, 2026 ARFA

    Pakistani regime uses sectarian intimidation to quash anti-war dissent, masking political subordination to US as communal conflict.

    Policy Brief

    Trump is fighting two wars with Iran. He needs to win both

    March 23, 2026 ARFA

    Trump must win both military and economic wars against Iran by securing Hormuz while degrading Tehran’s asymmetric threat capabilities.

    Security

    How Iran is a victim of US-Israeli terrorism

    March 23, 2026 ARFA

    US-Israeli war on Iran exemplifies state terrorism through mass civilian casualties while narrative inversion falsely brands Tehran as threat.

    Analysis

    Israel’s displacement of civilians in Lebanon is a possible war crime

    March 23, 2026 ARFA

    Israel’s Lebanon displacement tactics echo Gaza war crimes as authorities threaten permanent exclusion of Shia population from their homes.

    Policy Brief

    Tremors in MAGA: Joe Kent, the Iran war and the antisemitism smear

    March 23, 2026 ARFA

    Kent’s resignation over Israeli lobby influence on Iran war sparks antisemitism smears, revealing MAGA rifts on foreign intervention.

    Security

    Does America Have ‘Air Superiority’ over Iran? Here’s What to Know

    March 23, 2026 ARFA

    Coalition air superiority over Iran enables strike operations but falls short of supremacy as residual threats persist.

    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.

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