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    Wednesday, April 29, 2026
    MEROMERO
    • Geopolitics

      No more ‘daddy’? Trump becoming orphan with Euros over Iran

      April 29, 2026 ARFA

      How Iran killed fantasy of US military domination over China

      April 29, 2026 ARFA

      Iran and Russia are gaming the United States, and winning

      April 28, 2026 ARFA

      How China stands to gain from the US-Israel war on Iran

      April 28, 2026 ARFA

      Is an ‘Islamic NATO’ emerging as a counterweight to Israel?

      April 28, 2026 ARFA
    • Security

      Iran’s ‘mosquito fleet’ presents a pesky problem

      April 29, 2026 ARFA

      Why the US Military Is Fixing Up Two Military Bases on Cyprus

      April 29, 2026 ARFA

      Hezbollah’s New Drone Threat

      April 29, 2026 ARFA

      How to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz

      April 29, 2026 ARFA

      “The Muslim Peshmerga” … How Iran Seeks to Contain Its Kurds

      April 28, 2026 ARFA
    • Analysis

      Why Israel and the US were so deadly wrong about regime change in Iran

      April 29, 2026 ARFA

      Why Disarming Hezbollah Won’t Be Like Disarming Hamas

      April 29, 2026 ARFA

      Iran’s Next Transformation: How War Could Shift Power from Clerics to the Military

      April 29, 2026

      The Future of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces

      April 29, 2026 ARFA

      Israel’s policy of endless war is fuelled by the crisis of Zionism

      April 29, 2026 ARFA
    • Policy Brief

      How Pakistan Became the Iran War’s Unlikely Peace Negotiator

      April 29, 2026 ARFA

      Too steep for the Veep? Why Trump made Vance his point man in the Iran talks

      April 29, 2026 ARFA

      By Week’s End, Trump’s War Will Be Plainly Illegal

      April 28, 2026 ARFA

      This Democratic insider wants to rewrite the party’s Israel playbook

      April 28, 2026 ARFA

      The Iraqi Conundrum

      April 27, 2026 ARFA
    • MENA

      No peace in sight: When will Sudan’s war end?

      April 28, 2026 ARFA

      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
    • Governance

      3 Men Who Run Iran

      April 29, 2026 ARFA

      What a protest in Syria reveals about the country’s divides

      April 28, 2026 ARFA

      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
    • Economy

      Iran’s economy was in a dire state before the war. Now millions face job losses and poverty

      April 29, 2026 ARFA

      Trump’s Economic Noose for Iran

      April 29, 2026 ARFA

      How the war on Iran is rewriting regional trade routes

      April 28, 2026 ARFA

      Hormuz is the war’s invoice—and Washington can’t pay it

      April 28, 2026 ARFA

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

      April 26, 2026 ARFA
    • Energy

      ‘A long time coming’: How to understand the UAE’s decision to leave OPEC

      April 29, 2026 ARFA

      Why the UAE Walked Out on OPEC—and What It Means for the Cartel

      April 29, 2026 ARFA

      How to Interpret Wartime Oil Prices

      April 29, 2026 ARFA

      Why is the UAE leaving OPEC?

      April 29, 2026 ARFA

      These Asian Nations Have Returned to Coal for Energy

      April 28, 2026 ARFA
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    Energy

    What Does the Iran War Mean for Global Energy Markets?

    March 9, 2026 ARFA

    Iran war roils energy markets: Brent tops $92, Hormuz choked, Qatari LNG halted. Strategic reserves cushion.

    Geopolitics

    A Sprawling Middle East War Explodes

    March 9, 2026

    Multi-front war explodes: Khamenei killed, Iran hits Gulf, Hezbollah joins, Israel invades Lebanon. Protracted showdown looms.

    Security

    The IRGC: Understanding America’s Enemy in “Operation Epic Fury”

    March 8, 2026 ARFA

    IRGC severely degraded but distributed command preserves continuity. Ideological-economic hybrid may consolidate into military-dominant state.

    Analysis

    The Iran War and the Post-Liberal Global Order

    March 8, 2026 ARFA

    Iran war marks post-liberal order’s death. Power replaces rules. New rivalries emerge. Realism returns.

    Geopolitics

    What recent developments in Syria mean for the Kurds

    March 8, 2026 ARFA

    Damascus seized northeast Syria, ending Kurdish autonomy. US abandonment sparks unprecedented cross-border solidarity movement.

    Analysis

    How Israeli feminism is used to justify genocidal wars

    March 8, 2026 ARFA

    Israeli feminism weaponized to justify war as women in Gaza, Iran bear bombs, denied dignity.

    Geopolitics

    Calls for the reconfiguration of military arrangements in the Gulf region

    March 8, 2026 ARFA

    Qatari ex-PM’s call for regional defence alliance gains urgency as US bases invite Iranian retaliation.

    Security

    Banality cannot swim: Iran and evil on the high seas of empire

    March 8, 2026 ARFA

    US sank Iranian ship, left sailors to drown—conscious evil, not banal bureaucracy. Empire’s moral collapse exposed.

    Analysis

    Israel’s strike on Iran has now triggered a multi-front missile crisis

    March 8, 2026 ARFA

    Iran strike triggers multi-front crisis as missiles cross NATO airspace, Caucasus, Gulf—global trust collapses.

    Governance

    Controlling Iran’s skies does not mean the regime will fall to the ground

    March 8, 2026 ARFA

    Air control ≠ regime change. Iran’s ground forces, militias intact. Collapse requires internal fracture, not bombs.

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