Opinion & Analysis
Turkey’s Strategic Balancing Act Reflects Broader Regio...
Turkey’s foreign policy reflects a balance between regional and global interests...
Fracturing of the Old Order: Why the 2026 Iran War Mark...
The current conflict is not just a regional skirmish but a fundamental dismantli...
The Erbil Gambit: Is Washington Engineering a Kurdish-L...
As Iranian missiles strike Erbil, evidence suggests a deeper geopolitical play: ...
The Middle East’s Fragile Stability Hinges on Managed R...
Regional stability depends on balancing rivalries through diplomacy. Without sus...
A war without off‑ramps: How the Middle East got stuck
The Iran‑Israel war reflects a broader failure of deterrence and diplomacy, lock...
Energy Crisis Looms as Iran Halts Gas Flow to Turkey Af...
Iran has officially halted natural gas exports to Turkey as of March 2026. Follo...
The Nuclear Threshold: Has the 2026 Iran War Made a Nuc...
Analysts warn that the destruction of Iran’s conventional military may paradoxic...
The 48-Hour Ultimatum: Why Trump's Hormuz Threat Is Bot...
Trump's ultimatum to Iran over the Strait of Hormuz represents the most direct U...
The War That Changed Everything: How Three Weeks of Fig...
Three weeks into the US-Israel war on Iran, the region's political, energy and s...
Oman's Warning: America Has Lost Control of Its Own For...
In a rare opinion piece, Oman's foreign minister argues the US has made its "gre...
India's Delicate Balancing Act: Can New Delhi Broker Pe...
As the only major power with working relationships across all parties to the con...
The Alliance That Wasn't: Why Trump's Hormuz Coalition ...
Trump's push to assemble a multinational force to reopen the Strait of Hormuz ha...
Opinion: The Day the American Security Guarantee Died -...
Sixteen days into the US-Israeli war on Iran, Gulf Arab states are confronting a...
Why Hezbollah Chose to Enter the War — And What It Reve...
Hezbollah entered the war against Israel despite years of devastating losses. Th...