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.
 

Containing Russia, Again

[caption id="attachment_55255343" align="aligncenter" width="3882"] Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his New Year address to Russians in central Moscow on December 31, 2017.(Getty)[/caption] …

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How ISIS’ Strategy Is Evolving

[caption id="attachment_55255339" align="aligncenter" width="4409"] In this photograph taken on April 11, 2017, an Afghan security force personnel patrols inside a mosque during an ongoing an…

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China’s Syria Strategy

[caption id="attachment_55255333" align="aligncenter" width="4000"] Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem (L) is welcomed by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi before a meeting in Beijing on December…

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How the Euro Lost Its Luster

[caption id="attachment_55255286" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] The Euro sculpture, built in 2001, undergoes restoration, as it gets LED lights and new panels in blue and yellow on July 10, 2015…

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Don’t Speak, Memory

[caption id="attachment_55255280" align="aligncenter" width="1880"] MOSCOW, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 30 :Russia's President Vladimir Putin lays a bunch of red roses at the unveiling of the Wall of Grief…

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How the Eurozone Might Split

[caption id="attachment_55255288" align="aligncenter" width="5200"] European Union flag with fracturing Euro coin[/caption] by Mark Blyth and Simon Tilford In February 2016, the Organization for…

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