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(COMBO) US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 28, 2025. SAUL LOEB / AFP

Trump and Zelenskyy have an Oval Office smackdown

Trump has been trying to strong-arm Ukraine for years, but it's not getting any prettier

Keith Johnson 01 March 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump shake hands during a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House, February 27, 2025 in Washington, DC, US. Carl Court / REUTERS

Trump softens Ukraine rhetoric following Starmer meeting

Trump says a ceasefire will be agreed "soon" or "won't be at all" and said he respected Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian military, which "had fought very bravely"

Con Coughlin 28 February 2025

Diverging US-EU interests under Trump

Fares Garabet 27 February 2025
Axel Rangel Garcia

New realities in Ukraine awaken old challenges in Europe

Europe continues to reel from a series of shocks dealt by the 'America First' administration of Donald Trump. The fate of Ukraine and Europe's security architecture hangs in the balance.

Christopher Phillips 24 February 2025
A woman walks past the wreckage of a car on a street in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP

2025 could be a defining year for the West Bank

An emboldened settler movement drunk on the prospect of Trump recognising Israel's control there and an increasingly weakened Palestinian Authority make for a dangerous combination

Michael Horowitz 23 February 2025
Former US government official Jared Kushner, married to Trump's daughter Ivanka, stands behind Trump at the 2024 Republican National Convention on July 18, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)

Far from spontaneous, Trump’s plan for Gaza has been plotted

Months before the US president stood on a podium alongside Benjamin Netanyahu and shocked the world, a research paper covered the details of the rebuilding and administration of Gaza

Omar Ayyoubi 22 February 2025
Deena So'Oteh

Ukraine's coveted rare earths catch Trump's eye

From titanium and lithium to natural gas, Ukraine has an abundance of supplies needed by a range of industries, which Russia wants to control, while the US sees an opportunity

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 20 February 2025
Al Majalla

Trump's game of hardball with Iran

The US might threaten Iran with Israeli strikes in order to get it to come to the table, but Trump prefers a deal with Tehran

Arash Azizi 20 February 2025
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty (L) and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio attempt to shake hands during a photo opportunity ahead of a meeting in the US State Department Building on February 10, 2025, in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker / AFP

Egypt treads fine line as it pushes for alternative Gaza plan

Cairo hopes an upcoming Arab summit can come up with a different proposal to counter Trump's plan to turn Gaza into the 'Riviera of the Middle East', but this push comes with great political risk

Amr Emam 19 February 2025
US President Donald Trump in a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, during his first term, London, December 3, 2019. AFP

The US-Canada tariff war is a double-edged sword

A 30-day tariff suspension, perhaps initiated because the US economy is not immune to losses, leaves analysts asking about Trump's real motives and where this all ends.

Abdulfattah Khattab 18 February 2025
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif posing after signing the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 7 August, 2026. PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE / AFP
Politics

Networked Middle East security

22 August 2026

The Iran war exposed the risks of being too closely tied to US military posture, which is why some Gulf states are repositioning themselves not merely as consumers of security but as architects of it

Bilal Saab
Noelia de Alda
Politics

How Gaza turned US public opinion against Israel

30 August 2026

Supporting Israel used to help politicians get elected, but with Americans far more critical of Tel Aviv's influence on US policy, it has now become a liability at the ballot box

Assal Rad
Axel Rangel Garcia
Science & Technology

How QR codes are reshaping the future of commerce

28 August 2026

The barcode has been the language of retail for more than half a century. Now, two-dimensional codes are giving products a new digital identity

Mohammed Mansour
Motorists drive past a billboard in Tehran depicting Trump drowning in the Strait of Hormuz on 24 August 2026. AFP
Politics

The US is learning the wrong lessons in Iran

25 August 2026

Tactical excellence can never salvage strategic incompetence

Bret Devereaux
Axel Rangel Garcia
Culture & Social Affairs

The artist who used land to capture Palestinian identity

27 August 2026

Sliman Mansour, the renowned Palestinian painter who used clay from his land to make his works after deciding to boycott art materials produced by Israel, has died at the age of 79

Farouk Yousif

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