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The Central Issue Is Why Sustained Unrest Has Not Yet Fractured the Regime—and the Answer Is That the Islamic Republic Was Built That Way
Why the Proposed Gaza Framework Points to a Power-Based Realignment That Bypasses Existing Global Institutions
Why the Collapse of Clerical Rule Would Trigger a Struggle Over Power, Not an Instant Transition to Democracy
Budget Surges, Opaque Funding, and Eroding Oversight Are Consolidating Intelligence Power at the Center of Erdogan’s Rule
Why Minority Protection Must Become a Pillar of Israel’s Regional Strategy
A Saudi Airstrike on UAE-Backed Forces Exposes the Collapse of Gulf Unity
How Economic Collapse, Political Exhaustion, and a Changed Geopolitical Landscape Are Reshaping Dissent
How Northwestern’s Doha Campus Became a Training Ground for Qatar’s Ruling Families
Why the “New Syria” Is Purging Alawites and Leaving Christians Exposed
A Shock Operation Signals That Long-Standing Deterrence Rules No Longer Apply—and Puts Tehran and Gaza on Notice
From the Israeli and Jewish Point of View, the Emergence of This State of Affairs Isn’t So Bad
This Is Not Merely a Legal Technicality; It Is the Final Act in a Decade-Long Consolidation of Power
Even If Iran’s Current Protests Intensify, a Clean Democratic Transition Is Unlikely
Protests Have Broken Out Across the Country. We’ve Been Here Before.
How the West Mistook Elite Activism for Moral Renewal in the Arab World
How Islam Severed Itself from the Biblical World That Once Made Its Scripture Intelligible
Regime Change Would Transform the Middle East—But Not Necessarily for the Better
A Disinformation Campaign Reveals the Somali Government’s Fear of Strategic Irrelevance
Opposition Lawmakers Allege Regulators, Bank Executives, and Political Figures Were Shielded as the Probe Was Narrowed
A Sunken Russian Freighter Reveals a Hidden Proliferation Route in the Mediterranean
Algiers Turns Humanitarian Branding Into A Soft-Power Weapon After Defeat At The U.N.
A Newly Emergent Group Outlines Its Ideology, Alliances, And Opposition To Post-Assad Syria
Losing Ground In The Red Sea, Cairo Turns A Gaza Rumor Into A Domestic Distraction
