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Jay Clayton: the new US Director of National Intelligence

The incoming spy chief was a corporate lawyer before chairing America's financial watchdog. Does he have the skills needed to oversee 18 powerful US intelligence agencies?

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra 12 August 2026

Will Trump accept an Iran-Oman Hormuz deal?

Fares Garabet 09 August 2026

Trump's 'total surrender' demand on Iran falls flat

Fares Garabet 06 August 2026
A Japanese man walks past a screen displaying foreign currency exchange rates against the Japanese yen following the yen's collapse on 3 August 2026. Reuters

A tool rarely used: historic US intervention to save the yen

The Federal Reserve worked with the Bank of Japan last week to help lift the yen, after it hit nearly 40-year lows against the dollar. Has it succeeded?

Rana Freifer 05 August 2026
Fares Garabet

When you start running out of eyes

Fares Garabet 27 July 2026
The US Vice-President accuses Israel of mounting a media campaign to keep America in the war against Iran. Do his views accord with the public? Al Majalla

JD Vance alarms the US pro-Israel hawks by putting America first

The Vice President accuses Israel of mounting a media campaign to shape American public opinion and influence American lawmakers. In doing so, he had broken a taboo

Tarek Rashed 24 July 2026
US Vice President JD Vance is advocating ideas that are refining American conservatism. Al Majalla

JD Vance and the reinvention of US conservatism

From smalltown Ohio to the White House, the Vice President has forged a new conservativism that connects family, faith, and jobs with the belief that markets work best when they support communities

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra 24 July 2026
Israel and Türkiye have competing interests in Syria, Palestine, the Gulf, Washington, and the global defence industry. They also have very different visions for the Middle East Pete Reynolds

Turkish-Israeli rivalry could determine the new Middle East

Türkiye calls Israel a 'terrorist state', Israel calls Türkiye 'the new Iran'. They have competing interests in Syria, Palestine, the Gulf, Washington, and arms exports. Will they come to blows?

Al Majalla - London 17 July 2026
The 2026 FIFA World Cup has been dogged by claims of political interference. Getty Images via AFP

World Cup politics: something ugly in the beautiful game

Football at the highest level is no stranger to controversy, and World Cup tournaments are not immune to political intervention. Still, 2026 is proving to be much more than a talking point

Bryn Haworth 12 July 2026

The President hails 250 years of collective effort

Fares Garabet 06 July 2026
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As the US and Iran spar over Hormuz deal, the world waits with bated breath

12 August 2026

Any agreement that restores traffic through the strait will bring immediate relief, but repairing the damage wrought by war—and restoring confidence—will take far longer

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
Al Majalla
Politics

Is multipolarity helping or hindering Iran?

12 August 2026

A bit of both. It enabled its rise as a regional power, then helped weaken it, and may now help prevent its complete defeat.

Christopher Phillips
Opinion

Mecca diplomacy and the New Middle East

12 August 2026

Riyadh has made clear its vision for the future of a "new Middle East"—and it is one based on mutual respect, unity, peace and prosperity

Zaid bin Ali al-Fadhil
Al Majalla
Science & Technology

How AI is rewriting the rules of war and peace

10 August 2026

As states race to embed algorithms in systems of reconnaissance, targeting, air defence, and military decision-making, a new layer of risk is taking shape

Mohammed Mansour
Nesma Moharam
Culture & Social Affairs

The art of Taqāsīm: dividing time and charging silence

11 August 2026

Al Majalla traces the evolution of the solo improvisation musical form indigenous to the Middle East region

Fadi El-Abdallah

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Trump's Gaza peace plan appears to be dead on arrival

Con Coughlin
Con Coughlin

Trump and Mojtaba: the Hormuz negotiations

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Washington's war, Tehran's waiting game

Alex Vatanka
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As the US and Iran spar over Hormuz deal, the world waits with bated breath

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