There is often a tendency to assume tactics can overcome a weak or absent strategy. Al Majalla gives examples of how this has backfired in different conflicts worldwide.

The deep divisions within British politics in 2024 suggest it will add to the instability of the Western alliance as it grapples with major challenges from mass migration to the Ukraine war.­

When the Yemen-based militia began targeting cargo ships through a narrow strait, it threw up several conundrums. It also garnered Arab support. What happens next will be important.

In election-year India, the ruling party knows that discontent among the poor is a threat to its chances

Blinken addressed the possibility of Turkish participation in any multi-national force established and deployed in the region to keep any subsequent peace.

Iraq and Iran both commemorated the third anniversary of the assassination of Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis as the year kicked off with new assassinations and recriminations.

After the Turkish Super Cup in Riyadh is abandoned over a row about political slogans and images, confusion and double standards across the sport are brought clearly into focus.

The biggest obstacle to the normalisation with Israel continues to be its opposition to a two-state solution

There's a great risk that the Gaza war's repercussions could spread elsewhere, from Baghdad to Beirut to the Red Sea

China is still growing faster than the US, but economic parity will be much delayed