Al Majalla launches a special series of articles and conversations reflecting on the events of 2025 and the broader legacy of the past 25 years in the Arab world and across the globe. We present sharp analyses of the sweeping transformations that have reshaped the Arab region and the wider world in this period.
The year 2025 witnessed the machinations of a changing global order and the restructuring of regional dynamics—not least in the Middle East. Al Majalla unpacks these shifts while also opining on possible future trajectories, commissioning leading thinkers and researchers to share their perspectives beyond the headlines.
 

When China Rules the Web

[caption id="attachment_55257397" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Customers at an internet cafe in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China. (Getty)[/caption] by Adam Segal For almost five decades, the…

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Three Cheers for Trump's Foreign Policy

[caption id="attachment_55257319" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to guest gathered during a campaign event at the International Air Response…

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The Security Risks of a Trade War With China

[caption id="attachment_55257280" align="aligncenter" width="900"] The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) arrives at the Wusong military port on November 16, 2015 in Shanghai, China…

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Putin's Plan to Russify the Caucasus

[caption id="attachment_55257268" align="aligncenter" width="950"] Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) and Commander in Chief of the Russian Navy Vladimir Korolev…

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Is Japan Becoming a Country of Immigration?

[caption id="attachment_55257265" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] A tourist in front of Tokyo's Imperial Palace, November 2016. (Reuters)[/caption] By Yunchen Tian, Erin Aeran Chung As the only…

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The People's Authoritarian

by Michael Kimmage Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation. Serhii Plokhy. Basic Books, 2017. 432pp. The Long Hangover: Putin’s New Russia and the Ghosts of the…

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