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.
 

There Is No Alternative

[caption id="attachment_55253058" align="aligncenter" width="5379"] KOBLENZ AM RHEIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 21: Geert Wilders (Dutch PVV), Frauke Petry (AfD) and Marine Le Pen (French Front National)…

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A World Without Borders

[caption id="attachment_55253062" align="aligncenter" width="4000"] A woman and three children walk on railway tracks connecting Greece with western Europe at the Greek-Macedonian border near the…

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The Russia-Iran Conundrum

[caption id="attachment_55252978" align="aligncenter" width="3071"] ASTRAKHAN, RUSSIA - SEPTEMBER 29: Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L) meet during the 4th…

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The Dignity Deficit

[caption id="attachment_55252965" align="aligncenter" width="3268"] Lyndon B. Johnson visiting with youth at a Philadelphia job opportunity center. As part of his "War on Poverty," Johnson created…

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The Economics of Dependency

[caption id="attachment_55252963" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] A doctor walks past a poster at Italian fertility doctor Severino Antinori's clinic in Rome, June 2005. (REUTERS)[/caption] How…

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'Speed Sisters' of the West Bank

[caption id="attachment_55252928" align="aligncenter" width="3500"] DOHA, QATAR - Mona Ennab, Maysoon Jayyusi, director Amber Fares, Noor Daoud, Betty Saadeh and Marah Zahalka attend the Opening…

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