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.
 

Hezbollah after Obama’s Honeymoon 

[caption id="attachment_55253574" align="aligncenter" width="5760"] Members of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement sit with picture of Iran's spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei on thier head…

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Meeting Macron in the Middle

[caption id="attachment_55253577" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] PARIS - JUNE 30: The Eiffel Tower is illuminated in blue with gold stars, representing the EU flag, to mark the French European…

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How to Get Women Back Into the Workplace

[caption id="attachment_55253591" align="aligncenter" width="5220"] Pregnant businesswoman packing up desk[/caption] Boosting Productivity by Empowering Mothers By Alexis Crow It is well known…

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Saudi Arabia’s Cultural Shake-Up

[caption id="attachment_55253544" align="aligncenter" width="4252"] Saudi singer Mohammed Abdu performs during a concert in Riyadh on March 9, 2017.Saudi Arabia's "Paul McCartney" took to the stage…

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Rouhani’s Economic Record

[caption id="attachment_55253536" align="aligncenter" width="4416"] Iranians crowd the Emam Zadeh Davod bazaar, some 25 kilometers west of the capital Tehran, on September 19, 2010. AFP PHOTO/ATTA…

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How to Stabilize Afghanistan

[caption id="attachment_55253530" align="aligncenter" width="850"] TOPSHOT - An Afghan man swings on a swing near the Sakhi Shrine during the Nowruz festival to mark the Afghan New Year in Kabul on…

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Intelligence and the Presidency

[caption id="attachment_55253526" align="aligncenter" width="2803"] CIA Headquarters [/caption] How to Get It Right by Jami Miscik* U.S. presidents and other senior policymakers often come into…

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