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Britain's King Charles III (C), flanked by Rwanda's president Paul Kagame (C-L), Secretary General of the Commonwealth Patricia Scotland (C-L) and Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (2nd C-R) in Commonwealth group picture. AFP
Politics

Charles III’s Commonwealth stands on shaky ground

King Charles’ III coronation was largely well received in Britain. Though there was some controversy on the streets of London, where heavy handed…

Christopher Phillips 19 May , 2023
In the final instalment of the two-part series, Sami Moubayed gives a historical review of key Arab summits over the years as Arab leaders grappled with consecutive wars, conflicts and uprisings. Eduardo Ramon
Documents & Memoirs

Arab Summits Part II: Second Intifada breaks out, US topples Saddam, and Arab Spring sweeps region

Picking up from part 1 of the series, we continue with our review of key Arab summits. We last left off in the late 1980s where the Arab world was…

Sami Moubayed 19 May , 2023
Can the GCC realise its economic integration dream?
Business & Economy

Can the GCC realise its economic integration dream?

This month marks the 42nd anniversary of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)’s foundation on 25 May 1981, which includes Saudi Arabia, the United Arab…

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 19 May , 2023
Supporters wave flags and chant slogans while waiting for the arrival of CHP Party presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu during a campaign rally on April 27, 2023 in Tekirdag, Turkey. Getty Images
Politics

A landmark political moment for Turkey’s Alevis breaks a big taboo

Turkey’s presidential candidate Kemal Kiliçdaroğlu has shattered a longstanding political taboo in the country.The man now facing a run-off election…

Rustum Mahmud 18 May , 2023
Opinion

Learning from the realpolitik of peace agreements

Fragile peace accords are better than prolonged conflict. But they come with the danger that the chance for a stronger, longer-lasting agreement may…

Wahid Abdel Maguid 18 May , 2023
Barbara Gibson
Politics

Jeddah Summit: Challenges and decisions

Jeddah will host the 32nd Arab Summit chaired by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud with His Royal Highness…

Al Majalla - London 18 May , 2023
US debt ceiling
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US debt ceiling

Fares Garabet 18 May , 2023
In part one of a two-part series, Sami Moubayed gives a historical review of key Arab summits over the years as Arab leaders grappled with consecutive wars, conflicts and uprisings. Eduardo Ramon
Documents & Memoirs

Defending Palestine dominates agenda of first Arab summit in 1946

In his gripping memoirs, Karim Thabet — special media advisor to King Farouk — claims that the first Arab summit in modern history was the product of…

Sami Moubayed 18 May , 2023
Syrian army chief of staff Hussein al-Zaaim (L), Syrian President Shukri al-Quwatli, Saudi King Abel Aziz al-Saud and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Said during a pan Arab summit in Bludan 08 June 1946. AFP
Documents & Memoirs

How Syria’s founding fathers pursued the ‘Saudi Option’

The ‘Saudi Option’, known as one of the political movements among the Syrian Arab reformists, played a significant role during the final years of the…

Taissier Khalaf 18 May , 2023
Jordanian Foreign minister Ayman Safadi (C R) meets his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad in Amman on May 1, 2023, ahead of a regional meeting on Syria. AFP
Politics

The ceiling of Arab normalisation with Syria

The past few weeks of Arab rapprochement efforts — culminating in Syria’s readmission into the Arab League and a number of multilateral agreements…

Caroline Rose 18 May , 2023
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Iran’s waning influence

27 June 2025

Our July issue features in-depth articles and expert analyses exploring the future of Iran's influence and the long-term reverberations for the region

Al Majalla - London
Emergency workers check the damage caused to a building from an Iranian missile strike in Beersheba in southern Israel on June 24, 2025. John Wessels / AFP
Business & Economy

Counting the cost of the Israel-Iran war

24 June 2025

The recent Israel-Iran war is not just a regional flashpoint; it is a mirror reflecting the fragility and interdependence of the modern global economy

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
Adrián Astorgano
Politics

Shaky Israel-Iran ceasefire points to unfinished business

24 June 2025

What Trump has dubbed the '12-Day War' could be just the opening salvo of a much longer conflict

Michael Horowitz
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Science & Technology

Behind the bombs: the Israel-Iran cyberwar

25 June 2025

Images of rocket trails, explosions, and destruction were broadcast worldwide, but a quieter war in cyberspace was also being waged, and it was no less important

Marco Mossad
Yusra Naim
Profiles

Zohran Mamdani: New York City's first Muslim mayor?

27 June 2025

His supporters say his mayoral primary victory could be an inflexion point in American politics that shows the electoral viability of left-wing policies and support for Palestinian rights

Con Coughlin

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