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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

      Israel’s casual expression of its violent occupation

      April 27, 2026 ARFA

      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
    • 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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    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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