Gulf oil output collapses as Hormuz Closure cuts exports, forcing Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain into severe double-digit economic contractions.
Browsing: Egypt
From Cairo to Beirut, the Arab Middle Class is losing savings and hope as repeated crises outpace wages, testing stability and the region’s recovery.
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan build a mutual defense pact as Iranian strikes expose how conditional Washington’s protection has become.
Survey evidence from five countries reveals rising liberal values as Islamist rule and religious coercion lose legitimacy across the region.
Netanyahu faces election scrutiny over warnings from UAE and Egypt he allegedly withheld before the October 7 attack on Israel.
China is buying its way into the Middle East with cheap networks, cameras, and capital, while Washington keeps the guns and Gulf states play both sides.
Israel cannot assume Egypt’s stability lasts forever. Sisi’s repression, Sinai buildup, and economic strain demand critical strategic vigilance.
Gulf interventions in Sudan and the Horn are now collapsing the Red Sea divide, raising dangerous wider war risks.
Israel’s conceptzia treated Hamas as rational, blinding intelligence to a basic surprise that breached the Gaza fence in 100 locations.
Israel’s Gaza strategy keeps Hamas in power by blocking alternatives, while election politics and U.S. pressure shape the next course.