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Jason Lyon

The Iran war is reshaping the China-Gulf economic model

Closing the Strait of Hormuz has shown how the Gulf should shift from an oil-export model to a digital and distribution hub. Will this trigger the long-delayed free trade agreement with China?

Charbel Barakat 23 April 2026
How China is offsetting Hormuz oil supply losses Al Majalla

How China is offsetting Hormuz oil supply losses

The Strait of Hormuz is a vital artery for China’s energy security, with roughly 45–50% of its crude oil imports and nearly 30% of its liquefied natural gas passing through the corridor. China…

Al Majalla - London 21 April 2026
Axel Rangel García

China's Gordian knot: why it has no good options in Iran

Caught between Iranian collapse, Gulf instability, and a closed Strait of Hormuz, Beijing faces a geopolitical dilemma with no neat solution

Shirley Ze Yu 15 April 2026
People shout slogans as they gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, 8 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters

US-Iran ceasefire unlikely to hold

If the ceasefire collapses, China has an interest in getting the two sides back to the table, but it would be a difficult task given Tehran's deep mistrust of the US and Israel.

Xiaotong Yang 08 April 2026
Tugboats help an oil tanker dock at Qingdao port in Shandong province, eastern China, on 4 August 2019. AFP

The US-Iran war could consolidate China’s energy dominance

Crises often reorder energy geopolitics in unexpected ways. This one may ultimately strengthen, rather than weaken, China's strategic position.

Jason Bordoff and Erica Downs 11 March 2026
Children watch the Indian Air Force (IAF) Surya Kiran aerobatics team performing during Aero India 2025, a military aviation exhibition at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru on 13 February 2025. Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP

India’s record defence budget turns heads

A $86.7bn budget, rapid naval expansion, and longer-range missile development underline New Delhi's drive to modernise its forces and compete more assertively with China and Pakistan

Shakir Husain 17 February 2026
AFP/Reuters/Al Majalla

Bigger than Maduro: Trump’s real designs on Latin America

Christophe Ventura, a French expert on Latin America, speaks to Al Majalla about Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia, and China's role in a continent that the US president considers his backyard.

Elie Kossaifi 11 February 2026
Burkina Faso's Capt. Ibrahim Traore, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands before an official ceremony to welcome the leaders of delegations to the Russia Africa Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 27, 2023

Why the ‘unreliable allies’ narrative doesn't track in Africa

A growing 'unreliable allies' narrative claims Russia and China are abandoning their African partners. The evidence suggests otherwise

Sergey Eledinov 08 February 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian after signing the association treaty in the Kremlin on 17 January 2025. AFP

What would regime change in Iran mean for Russia?

Moscow and Tehran cooperate militarily to an extent, but bilateral trade is low, and Russia doesn't consider Iran a strategic ally

Anton Mardasov 06 February 2026
Eduardo Ramon

The G7 gets serious about critical minerals

With China dominating the 'rare earths' needed to power the technology of the future, the West is playing catch-up in a race that began years ago. Finally, a plan is emerging.

Abdulfattah Khattab 20 January 2026
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Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

Test of wills: Iran’s ability to outlast the US blockade

26 April 2026

The standoff in the Hormuz is not simply a question of whether Tehran can survive economic pressure, but whether Washington can sustain the pressure at an acceptable cost.

Alex Vatanka
Al Majalla
Politics

Netanyahu's Iran victory claim falls on deaf ears in Israel

29 April 2026

Many Israelis actually believe that they lost the war, with opposition leader Yair Lapid accusing the Israeli premier of having led the country into "strategic collapse and diplomatic catastrophe"

Asaad Ghanem
Sara Padovan
Science & Technology

Iran’s 'mosquito fleet' presents a pesky problem

28 April 2026

The Strait of Hormuz is now poised to become the primary arena of confrontation, with Iran relying on speedboat-driven guerrilla warfare to confront the US navy.

Marco Mossad
A Syrian army soldier holds a national flag featuring Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in front of a building left in ruins on 5 June 2013 in the city of Qusayr in the Homs province. AFP
Politics

Syria's taswiya slow roll creates a host of problems

28 April 2026

Former regime soldiers are stuck in limbo, as their undocumented status prevents them from working, travelling, and curbs family members' access to education, healthcare and social services

Haid Haid
Culture & Social Affairs

The Arab women raising the bar in travel literature

28 April 2026

In recent years, travel writing has witnessed a striking revival, though along a different path, one now charted by Arab women's voices.

Ibrahim Adel

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