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Agile Power: The UAE’s External Policy in an Era of Fragmentation
UAE shifts from omni-alignment to strategic diversification, leveraging flexible alliances, tech, and energy policy to secure autonomy amid Gulf instability.
Back to the Beginning? Hezbollah Is Still a Hybrid, Transnational, Rejectionist Organization
Tracing Hezbollah’s rise from Lebanon’s civil war and Iran’s revolution, this analysis examines its hybrid identity, militancy, and enduring power across MENA.
Between Narrative and Reality: Hezbollah, 2024–2026
Hezbollah’s 2024 leadership crisis and survival face new limits in 2026, as war, losses, and pressure test its narrative, legitimacy, and resilience.
Why Hardliners Have Taken Power in Iran
Ceasefire in Iran masks failed regime change as hardliners rise, IRGC gains power, and conflict reshapes regional dynamics.
Hormuz at the Centre: How the Iran Conflict is Being Redefined
US-Iran tensions deepen as failed talks, nuclear disputes, and Hormuz brinkmanship stall diplomacy, raising risks of escalation.
Seeing Isn’t Believing: Disinformation and the Collapse of Verification in the Iran War
AI-driven disinformation in the Iran war erodes trust, overwhelms verification and reshapes conflict as truth struggles to compete with viral falsehood.
How the Athens-Riyadh Axis Is Developing a New Security Complex
Greece forges defence ties with Saudi Arabia and UAE in a new Eastern Mediterranean-Middle East security axis.
Middle East War’s Next Phase: Who Will Open the Strait of Hormuz? – Part I
Middle East war disrupts oil, gas and shipping as Hormuz blockade deepens, driving global energy shock, inflation and military escalation.
Peace through Hedging – Pakistan’s Diplomacy in the Middle East Conflict
Pakistan positions itself as key mediator in US–Israel–Iran conflict, using hedging diplomacy, regional alliances, and China ties.
The US-Israel-Iran War and the Reorientation of the Kurdish-Turkish Peace Process
US–Israel–Iran war reshapes Turkey–Kurdish peace process, shifting focus from reform to security, regional power shifts, and PKK strategy.