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.
 

The Clash Over Kirkuk

[caption id="attachment_55254760" align="aligncenter" width="4377"] Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi (L) meets with Kurdistan Regional Government President Masoud Barzani (R) upon his arrival at…

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Primetime Politics

[caption id="attachment_55254741" align="aligncenter" width="7072"] An elderly woman watches TV broadcasting of Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual televised question-and-answer session with…

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Sanctions and Sudan

[caption id="attachment_55254742" align="aligncenter" width="5760"] A Sudanese woman demonstrates outside the US embassy in the capital Khartoum on November 3, 2015, to protest against sanctions…

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Imagining Refugia

[caption id="attachment_55254738" align="aligncenter" width="4131"] Kurdish refugee children from the Syrian town of Kobani look on near makeshift tents in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc,…

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Staying the Course in Afghanistan

[caption id="attachment_55254735" align="aligncenter" width="5760"] Members of the media try to protect themselves from dust blown up by a British forces transport helicopter as it lands at the…

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Xi Enters New Era of Power

[caption id="attachment_55254728" align="aligncenter" width="3628"] China's President Xi Jinping waves as he attends the opening session of the 19th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the…

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From Rhetoric to Action

[caption id="attachment_55254676" align="aligncenter" width="4640"] Iran's President Hassan Rouhani answers a question during a press conference in New York on September 20, 2017, on the sideline of…

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The Postcolonial Cold War

[caption id="attachment_55254692" align="aligncenter" width="3328"] Mao Tse Toung (1893-1976) chinese president here during review of army of The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in Pekin,…

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