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 Schulz Effect Faces Its First Test

[caption id="attachment_55253199" align="aligncenter" width="3500"] BERLIN, GERMANY - MARCH 22: Martin Schulz, chancellor candidate of the German Social Democrats (SPD) holds a speech during a…

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A New Deal in Asia

[caption id="attachment_55253203" align="aligncenter" width="3681"] A truck driver walks past a shipping container being moved at the Yangshan Deep Water Port, part of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free…

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The Horn of Africa's Qat-22

[caption id="attachment_55253190" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] A Somali man chews khat in Uithoorn on January 12, 2012. The Dutch government on January 10 banned the use of khat, a leaf native…

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Mothers as Ambassadors for Peace

[caption id="attachment_55253126" align="aligncenter" width="2048"] Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak (R) shakes hands with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (L) in the West Bank town of Ramallah 08…

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Making Syria’s ‘Cries’ heard

[caption id="attachment_55253103" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 07: President, HBO Documentary Films Sheila Nevins introduces the New York Premiere of Cries From Syria at…

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