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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
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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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Ex-Prince Andrew's arrest rocks the British monarchy

20 February 2026

His arrest is the first for a British royal in modern history and comes after it was revealed he had passed confidential state documents to US financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

Con Coughlin
Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

Finding an economic off-ramp to avert a US-Iran war

18 February 2026

Iran's vast oil and strategic mineral reserves have moved to the centre of negotiations with the US, which could reshape Trump's calculus

Thuraya Shahin
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi @USAMBTurkiye via X
Politics

SDF presence in Munich raises eyebrows in Ankara

18 February 2026

Despite having signed an agreement to integrate into the Syrian state, its leaders attended a key security conference in Germany as a separate delegation from Damascus, in a move that unnerves Türkiye

Omer Onhon
Aliaa Aboukhaddour
Culture & Social Affairs

The Kuwaiti collector preserving Fairuz's legacy

16 February 2026

Faris Al-Muhanna dreams of one day creating a digital archive to safeguard the history and memory of Lebanon's most iconic artist for future generations

Charbel Khoury
Children watch the Indian Air Force (IAF) Surya Kiran aerobatics team performing during Aero India 2025, a military aviation exhibition at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru on 13 February 2025. Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP
Politics

India’s record defence budget turns heads

15 February 2026

A $86.7bn budget, rapid naval expansion, and longer-range missile development underline New Delhi's drive to modernise its forces and compete more assertively with China and Pakistan

Shakir Husain

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