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When the international community’s absolutes lead to genocide

When the international community’s absolutes lead to genocide

When anyone from the international community deems a purported solution as the only viable option for Palestine, it must be immediately assumed the...

yesterday 20

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Ramona Wadi

The Boomerang: How America’s Semiconductor War Backfired

The Boomerang: How America’s Semiconductor War Backfired

There is an ancient Chinese proverb that Washington strategists should have remembered: “When you shoot an arrow of revenge, dig two graves.” They...

yesterday 20

Middle East Monitor

Jasim Al-Azzawi

The U.S.-Iran deal: What has changed and what does this mean for the region?

The U.S.-Iran deal: What has changed and what does this mean for the region?

War is a perilous political act aimed at shifting the balance of power. What balance did the United States seek to impose when it launched its war...

yesterday 20

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Ahmed Asmar

Project Freedom and the End of the Arabs’ Automatic “Yes” to Washington

Project Freedom and the End of the Arabs’ Automatic “Yes” to Washington

When Donald Trump spoke of “Project Freedom” to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the plan was supposed to be a display of restored American...

yesterday 30

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Timothy Hopper

Maximum Pressure: How Trump Spent Five Years Proving Obama Was Right About Iran

Maximum Pressure: How Trump Spent Five Years Proving Obama Was Right About Iran

Tomorrow, Friday June 19, will mark yet another historic day in the international community’s decades-long preoccupation with Iran’s nuclear...

yesterday 30

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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

When the Iran War is over: Why the West Bank may be Netanyahu’s next front

When the Iran War is over: Why the West Bank may be Netanyahu’s next front

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing perhaps the most precarious moment of his political career. He knows it. His allies know it. And...

yesterday 40

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

The war that failed to define Iran

The war that failed to define Iran

Iran did not win the war. But it denied Washington and Tel Aviv the victory they needed most: the power to decide what the war had made of Iran. The...

previous day 40

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Mahdi Niksefat Motlagh

Iran won, power no longer looks the same

Iran won, power no longer looks the same
previous day 40

Middle East Monitor

Kurniawan Arif Maspul

When peace becomes a media battlefield

When peace becomes a media battlefield
previous day 40

Middle East Monitor

Ervin Hoskins

The art of the recycled deal: Trump and the outcome Israel cannot tolerate

The art of the recycled deal: Trump and the outcome Israel cannot tolerate
previous day 40

Middle East Monitor

Jamal Kanj

Call for Hamas de-proscription

Call for Hamas de-proscription
previous day 40

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Pete Gregson

The international community is fast losing its diplomatic relevance

The international community is fast losing its diplomatic relevance
tuesday 40

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Ramona Wadi

The new oil fields: Why data centres are becoming strategic assets

The new oil fields: Why data centres are becoming strategic assets
tuesday 40

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Dr Kamran Yeganegi

Back to bad beginnings: The Iran-US Memorandum of Understanding

Back to bad beginnings: The Iran-US Memorandum of Understanding
tuesday 60

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

Iran needs its peacemaker, not its hardliners

Iran needs its peacemaker, not its hardliners
15.06.2026 40

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

The politics of ‘toxic infotainment’: When the destiny of nations becomes a digital plaything

The politics of ‘toxic infotainment’: When the destiny of nations becomes a digital plaything
15.06.2026 50

Middle East Monitor

Karam Nama

Indonesia’s cabinet secretary turned Palestine into a public relations campaign

Indonesia’s cabinet secretary turned Palestine into a public relations campaign
15.06.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

The Iran-US Agreement and the limits of American hegemony

The Iran-US Agreement and the limits of American hegemony
15.06.2026 70

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Sayid Marcos Tenorio

Echoes of the Lügenpresse: Unmasking Axios and its Israeli ties

Echoes of the Lügenpresse: Unmasking Axios and its Israeli ties
15.06.2026 50

Middle East Monitor

Dr Sahar Huneidi

Trump’s strategic mistakes in his war against Iran

Trump’s strategic mistakes in his war against Iran
14.06.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Jasim Al-Azzawi

My map is not ‘half-seen’, Karam Nama; it’s focused sharply

My map is not ‘half-seen’, Karam Nama; it’s focused sharply
14.06.2026 50

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Yvonne Ridley

Revitalizing Indonesia’s economic diplomacy engine in the Middle East

Revitalizing Indonesia’s economic diplomacy engine in the Middle East
14.06.2026 50

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Ronny P Sasmita

France’s Eastern Mediterranean energy strategy: Between commercial pragmatism and geopolitical ambition

France’s Eastern Mediterranean energy strategy: Between commercial pragmatism and geopolitical ambition
14.06.2026 50

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Dr Umud Shokri

When a brave journalist looks away: Iraq and Yvonne Ridley’s half‑seen map

When a brave journalist looks away: Iraq and Yvonne Ridley’s half‑seen map
13.06.2026 50

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Karam Nama

Can the US host the World Cup while shutting out the Middle East?

Can the US host the World Cup while shutting out the Middle East?
13.06.2026 70

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

The Iran war is exposing the limits of Gulf defence dependence

The Iran war is exposing the limits of Gulf defence dependence
13.06.2026 50

Middle East Monitor

Olivia Higgins

When children become the primary casualties of wars and conflicts

When children become the primary casualties of wars and conflicts
12.06.2026 50

Middle East Monitor

Ahmed Asmar

Chile establishes senate friendship group to strengthen historic ties with Palestine

Chile establishes senate friendship group to strengthen historic ties with Palestine
12.06.2026 50

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Eman Abusidu

Can Trump restrain Israel?

Can Trump restrain Israel?
12.06.2026 50

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Norliza Binti Saleh

The Board of Peace extends Israel’s security narrative

The Board of Peace extends Israel’s security narrative
12.06.2026 50

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Ramona Wadi

The Kharg gamble could backfire on America

The Kharg gamble could backfire on America
12.06.2026 60

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Dr Jannus Th Siahaan

Energy diplomacy without energy resources: How some states gain influence without oil and gas

Energy diplomacy without energy resources: How some states gain influence without oil and gas
12.06.2026 50

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Dr Kamran Yeganegi

The FIFA World Cup: Caught on the visa snag

The FIFA World Cup: Caught on the visa snag
12.06.2026 70

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

Palestinian National Council elections and inseparable realities

Palestinian National Council elections and inseparable realities
11.06.2026 60

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Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

Syria’s new buffer zone or the birth of another permanent occupation?

Syria’s new buffer zone or the birth of another permanent occupation?
11.06.2026 60

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Israel-First: US Congress is quietly merging America’s military with Israel’s

Israel-First: US Congress is quietly merging America’s military with Israel’s
11.06.2026 70

Middle East Monitor

Jamal Kanj

America’s war-based economy still strengthens its rivals — and Trump is accelerating this

America’s war-based economy still strengthens its rivals — and Trump is accelerating this
11.06.2026 50

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Tamer Ajrami

Arab states condemned Israel publicly, but quietly moved on from Gaza

Arab states condemned Israel publicly, but quietly moved on from Gaza
11.06.2026 70

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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

The Mladenov distraction: Behind the screen, Netanyahu is annexing Gaza ‘step-by-step’

The Mladenov distraction: Behind the screen, Netanyahu is annexing Gaza ‘step-by-step’
10.06.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Dr Ramzy Baroud

Imran Khan and the Islamophobia industry that buried him

Imran Khan and the Islamophobia industry that buried him
10.06.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Junaid S. Ahmad

Settlers, sanctions and impunity

Settlers, sanctions and impunity

From 1st January 2008 to 31st December 2025, Israeli settlers killed 61 Palestinians and injured 3,778. The findings of the Independent International...

10.06.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Ramona Wadi

The cowards’ playbook: Why today’s prisoners expose the political cowardice of Muslim regimes

The cowards’ playbook: Why today’s prisoners expose the political cowardice of Muslim regimes

There is a pathetic, recurring sickness plaguing the halls of power across the Muslim world. Insecure regimes terrified of the ballot box and hollowed...

10.06.2026 50

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Yvonne Ridley

Danantara and the Gulf could finally turn Indonesia’s renewable energy ambition into reality

Danantara and the Gulf could finally turn Indonesia’s renewable energy ambition into reality

Indonesia has no shortage of renewable energy ambition. What it lacks is capital, execution and, above all, trust. For years, successive governments...

10.06.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Shafa kalila aryanti

The ghost that haunts the Caribbean

The ghost that haunts the Caribbean

The sea does not forget. Sixty-four years ago, Soviet missiles pointed at the heart of an American empire from a sliver of a Caribbean island, and the...

09.06.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Jasim Al-Azzawi

“May Your Problems Always Be So Small”: Palestinian Pain, Pakistani Silence

“May Your Problems Always Be So Small”: Palestinian Pain, Pakistani Silence

At a recent gathering of social scientists in Washington, DC, a Pakistani-American academic spoke movingly about Palestine. The vocabulary was...

09.06.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Junaid S. Ahmad

Egypt’s Family Law deepens Egyptians’ hardship

Egypt’s Family Law deepens Egyptians’ hardship

Egyptians are awaiting the long-anticipated new Personal Status Law, widely known as the “Family Law”, amid concerns that it could introduce new...

09.06.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Mahmoud Hassan

What if the American Violations Ahead of the World Cup Happened in an Arab Country?

What if the American Violations Ahead of the World Cup Happened in an Arab Country?

Even before the first whistle of the 2026 World Cup, scandals have already begun to surface. Long before reaching the pitches, we are currently stuck...

09.06.2026 70

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Adnan Hmidan

The World Cup in the Age of Trumpian Transaction

The World Cup in the Age of Trumpian Transaction

No matter how intently we listen to FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s repetitive hymns extolling the “purity of the game” and its pristine...

08.06.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Karam Nama

Counting the costs for the death of Arab political journalism

Counting the costs for the death of Arab political journalism

The decline of political journalism in the Arab world marks a critical turning point in how public discourse is shaped. Once the backbone of informed...

08.06.2026 30

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Noor Suwwan

How Lebanon became a managed stalemate

How Lebanon became a managed stalemate

The pattern is now visible. On 1 June, Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire. Within days, both sides violated it. On 5 June, Israeli airstrikes...

08.06.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Ali salman