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    Sunday, September 13, 2026
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    • Geopolitics

      BRICS Summit 2026: Iran War Splits Bloc, India Must Hold It

      September 13, 2026 ARFA

      Houthi Victory Exposes Trump’s Broken Iran Strategy

      September 13, 2026

      Arab Diplomacy Offers US a Smarter Path in the Middle East

      September 12, 2026 ARFA

      Russia-Iran Alliance Fuses Two Wars Into One Threat

      September 12, 2026 ARFA

      US Strategy Gap in Asia Grows as Iran War Drains Resources

      September 11, 2026 ARFA
    • Security

      Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Limits of the Postwar Order

      September 13, 2026 ARFA

      Saudi Doctrine on Iraq: Can Bombs Back the State?

      September 13, 2026 ARFA

      US Withdrawal From Iraq Hands Tehran a Strategic Win

      September 13, 2026 ARFA

      Al-Qaeda Defeat Came From Its Own Brutal Mistakes

      September 13, 2026 ARFA

      Mass-Effect Terrorism Risks Return 25 Years After 9/11

      September 12, 2026 ARFA
    • Analysis

      Hezbollah Defeat: Why Lebanon Can Finally Move On

      September 13, 2026 ARFA

      Hormuz Corridor Deal Locks In Iran’s Chokehold

      September 13, 2026 ARFA

      MBS Rivalry With UAE Threatens Riyadh’s Control Over Yemen

      September 13, 2026 ARFA

      Iran Policy Needs Smarter Planning, Not More Force

      September 13, 2026 ARFA

      Oman Neutrality Should Not Be Mistaken for Weakness

      September 13, 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

      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

      What New US Sanctions Mean for the Sudan Civil War

      August 1, 2026 ARFA
    • Governance

      Israel After Netanyahu Remains Trapped by Politics

      September 13, 2026 ARFA

      Iranian Regime Collapse Looms as Sanctions Outlast Tehran

      September 10, 2026 ARFA

      Iran Power Shift Strengthens IRGC as War Drags On

      September 9, 2026 ARFA

      Iraq leadership crisis deepens as economy collapses

      September 8, 2026 ARFA

      Syrian Kurds need decentralization, not just integration

      September 7, 2026 ARFA
    • Economy

      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

      Gulf Economic Quagmire Emerges as Iran War Drags On

      September 7, 2026 ARFA

      Iranian Oil Money Exposes Turkey’s Shadow Banking Role

      September 7, 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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    Security

    Mossad Recruitment Turns Assets Into Expendable Agents

    September 5, 2026 ARFA

    Mossad Recruitment builds human sources through vulnerability and access, but assets become expendable once their intelligence value ends.

    Economy

    Bypassing Strait of Hormuz drives Gulf infrastructure

    September 5, 2026 ARFA

    Bypassing Strait of Hormuz now drives Gulf infrastructure as Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Oman race to secure alternative corridors.

    Geopolitics

    Mecca Alliance Could Anchor a New Regional Order

    September 5, 2026 ARFA

    The Mecca Alliance formalizes Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani defense cooperation as a hedge against U.S. unreliability and regional threats.

    Security

    US policy on Iran hasn’t won—but Tehran is losing

    September 5, 2026 ARFA

    US policy on Iran hasn’t produced surrender but is eroding Tehran’s coercive leverage as exports collapse and inflation surges.

    Analysis

    Iranian hardliners see D-Day as proof of US limits

    September 5, 2026 ARFA

    Economic D-Day hardens Iran’s security faction, weakens reformists, and leaves Mojtaba Khamenei’s regime locked in an unstable strategic stalemate.

    Security

    Russia-Iran Barter Covertly Undermines US Sanctions

    September 5, 2026 ARFA

    Alabuga corporate records reveal nuclear expertise and patent access moving to Iran as payment for Shahed drones, bypassing dollar sanctions.

    Geopolitics

    Iran sanctions fail as US fears Chinese retaliation

    September 5, 2026 ARFA

    Washington hesitates to target major Chinese financial institutions, leaving Tehran’s primary economic lifeline fully operational despite aggressive rhetoric.

    Analysis

    Saudi AI Ambitions Give Washington a Strategic Opening

    September 5, 2026 ARFA

    Saudi AI Ambitions lean on American firms, giving Washington leverage to shape Gulf tech safely.

    Economy

    Starvation in Iran Could Be Deliberate, Not Accidental

    September 4, 2026 ARFA

    Starvation in Iran may not be accidental. Regime leaders could use hunger to punish the disloyal.

    Geopolitics

    Hormuz blockade inflicts deep damage on US allies

    September 4, 2026 ARFA

    The Hormuz blockade spreads economic damage across Europe and Asia as U.S. allies face rising costs and shortages.

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