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Confronting Iran
Politics

Confronting Iran

The end of the Cold War forced new thinking among policymakers and analysts about the greatest challenges to U.S. national security. The emergence of…

Michael R. Pompeo 02 November , 2018
Peace.. A True Saudi Ideal
Politics

Peace.. A True Saudi Ideal

For decades, Saudi diplomacy has built vital foreign relations that have helped the Kingdom maintain its role in both the regional and international…

Mohamed Abd El Kader Khalil 02 November , 2018
First Government of Iran in Lebanon 
Politics

First Government of Iran in Lebanon 

Since May 6 - the recent parliamentary elections in Lebanon – PM designate Saad Hariri has been trying to form a government that is supposed to be…

Hanin Ghaddar 02 November , 2018
U.S. Midterm Races Heat Up
Politics

U.S. Midterm Races Heat Up

U.S. Congressional midterm elections, slated for November 6, were widely viewed earlier this year as an easy opportunity for Democrats to regain a…

Joseph Braude 27 October , 2018
The Howling of the Night Wolves
Politics

The Howling of the Night Wolves

Since Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014, Europe has been on high alert against further Russian aggression, with military planners conducting joint…

Mitchell A. Ornstein and Peter Kreko 27 October , 2018
The Twilight of German Conservatism
Politics

The Twilight of German Conservatism

Much ink has been spilled on the collapse of European social democracy, and Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) provides a perfect case study…

Georg Diaz 26 October , 2018
A Blow to China’s Soft Power
Politics

A Blow to China’s Soft Power

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an enormous international investment project touted by Chinese President Xi Jinping, was supposed to…

Christopher Balding  26 October , 2018
Is Going It Alone the Best Way Forward for Europe?
Politics

Is Going It Alone the Best Way Forward for Europe?

Since the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, Europeans have struggled to come to terms with his confrontational style and…

Benjamin Haddad and Alina Polyakova 26 October , 2018
Can the Pentagon Win the AI Arms Race?
Politics

Can the Pentagon Win the AI Arms Race?

When the stingray-shaped object took off and landed lightly on the deck of the USSGeorge H. W. Bushin July 2013, some hailedit as a moment in…

Michael Auslin 26 October , 2018
Latin America Is Facing a Refugee Crisis
Culture & Social Affairs

Latin America Is Facing a Refugee Crisis

Picture your salary and life’s savings depleted by hyperinflation. The local store is missing many basic food products, and the pharmacy has no stock…

Dany Bahar 26 October , 2018
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How a tiny waterway put the global economy into a chokehold

18 April 2026

Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players

Steve Hewitt
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

15 April 2026

The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.

Robert Ford
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Business & Economy

The US plan to turn Syria into an oil transit hub

16 April 2026

Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.

Al Majalla - London
An Iranian woman flashes the V-sign as she takes part in a rally to pay tribute to women killed during war, in Tehran on 17 April 2026. AFP
Politics

Has Iran's ideology actually hardened?

16 April 2026

The change in tone and presentation of policy isn't a fundamental redirection, but rather the consolidation of a system under pressure

Alex Vatanka
Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed holds two awards during the opening ceremony of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, late on 14 September 2010. AMR AHMAD / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Daoud Abdel Sayed and the cinema of quiet rebellion

16 April 2026

Throughout his career, the renowned Egyptian film director challenged authority, rejected easy answers, and remained rooted in lived experience

Hazem Massoud

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