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The Arab Summit and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Riyadh on 11 November 2024.
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An Arab vision for regional security

From dependency to strategic agency

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 19 February 2026
Al Majalla

Finding a collective voice at the 2024 Arab Summit in Manama

Gaza is a top priority, but a confluence of factors means that now is the time to set up durable systems, including a regional security architecture. It all starts with having a collective Arab vision

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 15 May 2024
German ministers: Finance Minister Christian Lindner, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and Interior Minister Nancy Faeser pose with the National Security Strategy. EPA

Is Germany's first National Security Strategy all bark and no bite?

Since unveiling the strategy last week, the German government has been criticised for not articulating how it will put the strategy into action

Daniel Gerlach 19 June 2023
Diplomat and former Lebanese Minister of Culture Ghassan Salame poses for a photo session at the Palais Brongniart during the fifth edition of the Paris Peace Forum, on November 12, 2022. Getty Images

Ghassan Salamé: The birth pangs of a new world order

There are many reasons to believe that prevailing global order has ended, and we are in the throes of new world order, but it is difficult to predict what this new order will look like, says Salamé

Ibrahim Hamidi 20 February 2023
The US is eager to rid itself of the burden of bearing the main responsibility of ensuring the security and stability of the Middle East. Andrei Cojacaru

Biden’s security strategy reflects waning US interest in the Middle East

The US is eager to rid itself of the burden of bearing the main responsibility of ensuring the security and stability of the Middle East

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 05 February 2023
Saudi Arabia celebrates for the first time the Founding Day. (Getty Images)

Unity, Security Established in Arabian Peninsula After Centuries of Disunion

On February 22nd, Saudi Arabia celebrates for the first time the anniversary of the founding of the Great Emirate of Diriyah nearly 300 years ago. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King…

Fayza Diab 19 February 2022
A container ship sails through the new section of the Suez Canal in the Egyptian port city of Ismailia, 135 kms northeast of the caital Cairo on October 10, 2019. (Getty)

Egypt Cements Red Sea Security in the Face of Houthi Threats

CAIRO – The Egyptian and French navies have just wrapped up maritime exercises in the Red Sea, having conducted a series of naval activities with participation by some important assets from the two…

Amr Emam 19 March 2021
Released students from the Government Science Secondary school, in Kankara, Nigeria after an attack by Boko Haram

Don’t Discount America’s Interest in Keeping Africa Safe

The Defense Department’s coming near-total withdrawal of troops from Somalia follows its 2019 re-assessment of its force posture in Africa, aimed at shifting finite resources to great power…

Maj. Scott D. Adamson 15 January 2021
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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 5 October 2026. Turkish Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
Politics

The Mecca Defence Alliance faces its first practical test

07, Oct 2026

Türkiye and Pakistan have stepped up to help Saudi Arabia after it came under attack from the Houthis. The trio's coordination comes at a crucial time

Kaswar Klasra
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Politics

After October 7: new faces, changing maps

08, Oct 2026

Al Majalla examines this changed landscape—from Israel's domestic political scene to its external ambitions, where it occupies large swathes of new territory in the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria

Al Majalla - London
The leaders of Egypt, Somalia, Sudan and Eritrea met in Alamein Egypt on 4 October to discuss regional tensions. Eritrea Ministry of Information via X
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Have Ethiopia's neighbours formed an alliance against it?

06, Oct 2026

The leaders of Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea met in Alamein on Sunday, which some interpret as a formation of a loose security alliance aimed at influencing the geopolitics of the Horn of Africa

Amr Emam
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Why Europe’s gold is on the move

07, Oct 2026

Headlines have centred on the flight of bullion while commentators have speculated about the prompts. The reality is a little more nuanced

Abdulfattah Khattab
Culture & Social Affairs

The 9 Arab films vying for an Oscar

08, Oct 2026

From Gaza to Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan, Iraq, and Algeria, this year's Arab Oscar submissions explore stories of conflict, displacement, memory, and survival

Wael Said

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