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    Friday, September 18, 2026
    MEROMERO
    • Geopolitics

      Somaliland Recognition Would Blunt the Houthi Threat

      September 18, 2026 ARFA

      Pakistan strategic depth in Middle East risks overstretch

      September 17, 2026 ARFA

      Houthi expansion takes Yemen’s coast but exposes its forces

      September 17, 2026 ARFA

      Iran Stalemate Leaves US Without Any Clear Way Out

      September 14, 2026 ARFA

      Israeli Occupation Reflects Policy, Not Wartime Necessity

      September 14, 2026 ARFA
    • Security

      Bab al-Mandeb Blockade Tips the Iran War Toward Tehran

      September 18, 2026 ARFA

      Syrian military absorbs extremists the US designated

      September 18, 2026 ARFA

      Hormuz cables give Iran a new lever over the Gulf

      September 17, 2026 ARFA

      Syria suspicious deaths revive Assad-era purge fears

      September 17, 2026 ARFA

      US nuclear exports hinge on Saudi enrichment rules

      September 17, 2026 ARFA
    • Analysis

      Trump Faces an Iran Deadlock That US Power Cannot Solve

      September 18, 2026 FA

      Iran War Winners: Indispensable, Not Necessarily Permanent

      September 18, 2026 ARFA

      Gaza withdrawal fails even if Netanyahu loses

      September 18, 2026 ARFA

      Iran survival is all Tehran needs to block US victory

      September 17, 2026 ARFA

      Syria reconstruction hinges on reviving state banks

      September 16, 2026 ARFA
    • Policy Brief

      Israel’s next government must prioritize the Abraham Accords

      September 9, 2026 ARFA

      Trilateral Defence Agreement Drives Regional Security Shift

      August 21, 2026 ARFA

      Trump Lebanon Policy Risks Frontloading Rewards to Beirut

      August 13, 2026 ARFA

      Saudi-UAE Reconciliation Shows Managed Rift Amid Threats

      August 10, 2026 ARFA

      US Middle East policy driven by Israeli strategic red lines

      August 2, 2026 ARFA
    • MENA

      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

      Libya Peace Process Fuels Elite Commercial Entrenchment

      August 11, 2026 ARFA
    • Governance

      Talabani exile looms as US cuts peshmerga subsidies

      September 17, 2026 ARFA

      Peshmerga Unification: A Mirage Washington Must See Through

      September 15, 2026 ARFA

      Saudi Women Empowerment: Access Without Real Agency

      September 15, 2026 ARFA

      Lebanon Reconstruction Risks Empowering Hezbollah Instead

      September 14, 2026 ARFA

      Israel After Netanyahu Remains Trapped by Politics

      September 13, 2026 ARFA
    • Economy

      Iran Shadow Economy: Adaptation Comes at a Rising

      September 16, 2026 ARFA

      US-Iran Economic War Cannot Break a Regime Built to Endure

      September 15, 2026 ARFA

      Gulf Infrastructure Spending Turns Crisis Into Advantage

      September 12, 2026 ARFA

      Why ‘D-Day’ was destined to be a dud

      September 10, 2026 ARFA

      Syria Sanctions Relief Opens Door to Global Economy

      September 9, 2026 ARFA
    • Energy

      Russia Sanctions Bill Threatens Global Energy Trade

      September 11, 2026 ARFA

      Gulf Clean Energy Splits Between War and Opportunity

      September 10, 2026 ARFA

      European energy vulnerability deepens as Iran war drags on

      September 7, 2026 ARFA

      Traffic slowly returns to Egypt’s Suez Canal despite Houthi threat

      September 6, 2026 ARFA

      Venezuela Oil Deal Won’t Lower Gas Prices Anytime Soon

      September 3, 2026 ARFA
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    Geopolitics

    US Strategy and the shift to NATO 3.0

    July 12, 2026 ARFA

    The Ankara Summit declaration exposes critical US-Europe friction as Washington forces allies into a major industrial and geographical realignment.

    MENA

    Why renewed Egypt-Turkey military cooperation concerns Israel

    July 12, 2026 ARFA

    Israel monitors rising defense ties between Cairo and Ankara as joint air exercises, naval drills, and drone production units reshape regional power.

    Security

    25 Years After 9/11. The Next Global Shock Could be Infinitely Worse

    July 12, 2026 ARFA

    Twenty-five years after 9/11, the greatest peril comes not from bedroom-radicalized terrorists, but from populist world leaders wielding atomic arsenals.

    Geopolitics

    What a Fragile U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Means for Energy and Beyond

    July 12, 2026 ARFA

    A fragile maritime truce reopens the Strait of Hormuz to shipping, but persistent regional friction and unresolved conflicts leave energy markets on edge.

    Policy Brief

    Pakistan and Qatar’s Emergence as Key Mediators in Iran-U.S. Diplomacy

    July 12, 2026 ARFA

    Qatar and Pakistan deploy an innovative middle-power alliance to hold backchannels open and manage critical escalations in the ongoing US-Iran conflict.

    Energy

    Not So Strait-Forward: Hormuz, Iran, and the Future of Gulf Oil and Gas Flows

    July 12, 2026 ARFA

    A fragile U.S.-Iran peace deal attempts to restart massive energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz, face-to-face with extensive wartime infrastructure damage.

    Security

    Iraqi Visit Can Help Shape the Future Fight Against the Islamic State

    July 12, 2026 ARFA

    Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s Washington visit marks a crucial moment to secure targeted U.S. counterterrorism aid before the coalition mission ends.

    Geopolitics

    A bad peace: the Arab Gulf states and the US–Iran memorandum of understanding

    July 12, 2026 ARFA

    The new US-Iran interim agreement secures a fragile truce but leaves regional allies vulnerable as decades of containment policies begin to collapse.

    Geopolitics

    The week that Beirut and Baghdad broke the Iranian crescent

    July 12, 2026 ARFA

    Beirut and Baghdad reject proxy control, demanding a full state monopoly on weapons as Iran’s regional architecture fractures under economic and internal decay.

    Analysis

    Iran, Mojtaba and the future of the Islamic Republic

    July 12, 2026 ARFA

    Mojtaba Khamenei takes supreme power in Iran following an external strike on his father, signaling a highly securitized shift toward dynastic continuity.

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