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.
 

A Tale of Two Photos

[caption id="attachment_55256611" align="alignnone" width="940"] China, September 7, 1901, Boxer Rebellion, The signing of the 'Peking Protocol' by the plenipotentiaries, at the Spanish legation. …

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The Pro-Assad Alliance Is Coming Apart

[caption id="attachment_55256604" align="alignnone" width="940"] Syria's President Bashar al-Assad during a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin (not in picture) at Bocharov Ruchei…

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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?

[caption id="attachment_55256470" align="aligncenter" width="5568"] Two men dressed as customs officers take part in a protest outside Stormont against Brexit and it's possible effect on the north…

Ronald Granieri

The Long Arc of Human Rights

[caption id="attachment_55256402" align="alignnone" width="940"] Rohingya refugees wade while holding a child after crossing the Naf river from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Whaikhyang on October 9,…

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The Reinvention of Iraq's Muqtada al-Sadr

[caption id="attachment_55256399" align="alignnone" width="940"] Iraqi supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave the national flag as they listen to his speech during a demonstration in…

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Pompeo Draws a Red Line

[caption id="attachment_55256395" align="alignnone" width="940"] Mike Pompeo, U.S. secretary of state, speaks at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, May 21, 2018. (Getty…

Joseph Braude