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Across the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa, crises do exist in vacuums. They intertwine, feed off one another, and reveal a single, multi-layered…

Along both shores of the Red Sea and the adjoining Gulf of Aden, several littoral states are in crisis. On the North African side, Sudan and Somalia…

Greenland, an ice-capped country located between the United States and Russia, is rapidly emerging as a geopolitical frontline as the Arctic slowly…

In late 2025, the Iranian rial fell to historic lows, reaching around 1.42–1.47mn rials per US dollar on the free market, according to Bonbast. This…

Global oil markets are shaped not only by production powerhouses but also by countries sitting on vast untapped reserves. The contrast between…

The leader of the secessionist Southern Transitional Council (STC) has fled to the United Arab Emirates via Somaliland after skipping planned peace…

Following the 3 January US attack on Venezuela and the subsequent abduction of its president, Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump declared that…

On the last day of 2025, Al Majalla looks back on the past year and the first quarter of the 21st century, examining the sweeping transformations…

The global conflict landscape in 2025 is more volatile—and more discreet—than at any point in recent decades. Much of today’s geopolitical…

Stanford University’s Global AI Vibrancy Tool 2025 offers one of the most comprehensive assessments of artificial intelligence competitiveness…